Upon the mind of every student should be impressed the thought that education is a failure unless the understanding has learned to grasp the truths of divine revelation, and unless the heart accepts the teachings of the gospel of Christ. The student who, in the place of the broad principles of the word of God, will accept common ideas, and will allow the time and attention to be absorbed in commonplace, trivial matters, will find his mind becoming dwarfed and enfeebled. He will lose the power of growth. The mind must be trained to comprehend the important truths that concern eternal life. {CT 12.3}

Enhver studerendes sind bør indprentes med tanken, at uddannelse er en fiasko medmindre (13) forståelsen har lært at gribe guddommeligt åbenbarede sandheder, og hvis hjertet ikke accepterer undervisningen i Kristi evangelium. Den studerende som, i stedet for de brede principper i Guds ord, accepterer almindelige idéer, vil lade tid og opmærksomhed blive optaget af banale og trivielle ting, vil hans sind blive formindsket og svækket. Han vil miste vækstkraften. Sindet må oplæres til at fatte de vigtige sandheder som angår evigt liv.