"That which we persist in doing becomes easier - not that the nature of the task has changed, but our ability to do has increased."

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

“I had spent a lot of time figuring out who I was, shaping myself, creating an identity and I thought that identity was something inside of me that I projected outward and when I was suddenly in a world in which nobody knew me and nobody understood me and all those things, I started to realize that who we are is actually reflected back to us by the people around us, by people who love us.

“You are suddenly in a world where nobody understands why you’re there or what you’re doing or who you are - you suddenly start to ask the same questions.

“So I was basically widdled down to nothing.  I felt like I had no self.  The beauty of that – there’s a lesson there, right?  There’s this lesson – that our connections matter, that how we treat others matters, that it affects their identity directly.  And there’s another lesson there as well.  As I lost myself, I actually found myself broken down to a point where I could learn faster than I’ve ever learned in my life."

-Michael Wesch

The End of Wonder in the Age of Whatever

BYU Speeches

"Make knowledge of the Scripture your love . . . Live with them, meditate on them, mark them the sole object of your knowledge and inquiries."

-Jerome

"I am always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught."

-Winston Churchill

"You either get bitter or you get better. It's that simple.  You either take what has been dealt to you and allow it to make you a better person, or you allow it to tear you down.  The choice does not belong to fate, it belongs to you."

-Josh Shipp

“Whatever level of spirituality we now enjoy in our lives, whatever degree of faith in Jesus Christ we have, whatever strength of commitment or consecration we have, whatever degree of obedience or hope or charity is ours, whatever level of professional skill or ability we may have obtained, it will not be sufficient for the work that lies ahead.  Brothers and Sisters, you and I need to be much better than we are now – in every aspect of our lives.  The scriptures teach us that the world is now and will be in commotion - and we can see it all around us.  Wickedness and darkness will increase.  It seems hard to imagine, but it will.  Yet in that darkening world there will be increased light – divine light.  The Lord Jesus Christ has a great work for us to do with the rising generation.  It’s a greater work than we’ve ever done before –and I know the great work that’s been done here – it’s a greater work than we’ve ever done before.  The Lord is working in power to strengthen teaching and learning in his true and living church.  He’s hastening his work and he’s preparing the earth and his kingdom and he’s preparing us for his return.”

Elder Kim B. Clark

"CES:  The Lord's Educational System for His Church"