Hugh Nibley
“A long list of these spiritual gifts is given to us by the Lord (Moroni 10:8-18). We can’t conjure them up for ourselves. The Lord gives them, and he says he gives them. We must ask for them with real intent and with an honest heart. We can have them—any gift…But we must ask for them, and of course if we ask not we receive not…how often do we ask for them? How earnestly do we seek for them? We could have them if we did ask, but we don’t. ’Well, who denies them?‘ Anyone who doesn’t ask for them. They are available to all for the asking, but one must ask with an honest heart, sincerely.” (Approaching Zion, p. 89-90)