“If you wish to marry well, inquire well.”
Dallin H. Oaks (1932) Apostle of the LDs Church
Divorce https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2007/04/divorce, Dallin H. Oaks, April 2007
“Here the ways of men part: if you wish to strive for peace of soul and pleasure, then believe; if you wish to be a devotee of truth, then inquire.”
Letter to Elisabeth Nietzsche, Bonn, 1865-06-11. Quoted in Walter Kaufmann, The Faith of a Heretic (opening epigram).
Variant: Here the ways of men divide. If you wish to strive for peace of soul and happiness, then believe; if you wish to be a disciple of truth, then inquire.
Source: Twilight of the Idols
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