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The original writer is not he who refrains from imitating others, but he who can be imitated by none.

François-Rene de Chateaubriand

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De Chateaubriand, Francois Rene. Genie du christianisme [The Genius of Christianity]. Paris: Chez Migneret, 1802, pt. 2, bk. 1, ch. 3.

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And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

Genesis 2:25

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Genesis 2:25).

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All conservatism is based upon the idea that if you leave things alone you leave them as they are. But you do not. If you leave a thing alone you leave it to a torrent of change.

G.K. Chesterton

Orthodoxy

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Chesterton, G.K. "Orthodoxy." The Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton. Vol. 1, Ignatius Press, 1986, ch. 4. Originally published by John Lane Co., 1908.

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The highest sacrifice is a broken and contrite heart; the highest wisdom is that which is found in the Torah; the noblest of all ornaments is modesty; and the most beautiful thing that man can do, is to forgive a wrong.

Eleazar of Worms

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Eleazar of Worms. Sefer ha rokeah. c. 1200

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Rejoice with the wife of thy youth.

Proverbs 5:18

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Proverbs 5:18).

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Whether we consider the manual industry of the poor, or the intellectual exertions of the superior classes, we shall find that diligent occupation, if not criminally perverted from its end, is at once the instrument of virtue and the secret of happiness. Man cannot be safely trusted with a life of leisure.

Hannah More

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More, Hannah. Christian Morals. Vol. 2, London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1813.

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Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?

Jesus

Matthew 6:27

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The Holy Bible, New International Version. International Bible Society, 1978. (Matthew 6:27).

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Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.

Thomas Merton

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Merton, Thomas. No Man Is an Island. Clonmore & Reynolds/Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1955.

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For everyone to whom much is given, from him much will be required.

Jesus

Luke 12:48

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Luke 12:48).

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And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us.

John 1:14

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (John 1:14).

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Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe.

Jesus

John 4:48

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (John 4:48).

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Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost.

Luke 15:6

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Luke 15:6).

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Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?

Proverbs 20:9

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Proverbs 20:9)

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The Lord is a man of war.

Exodus 15:3

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Exodus 15:3).

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Dost thou, therefore, in the name of this Child, renounce the devil and all his works, the vain pomp and glory of the world, with all covetous desires of the same, and the sinful desires of the flesh, so that thou wilt not follow, nor be led by them?

The Book of Common Prayer

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The Book of Common Prayer (American). Episcopal Church, 1928.

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He is risen.

Angel

Mark 16:6

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Mark 16:6).

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It is always easier to believe than to deny. Our minds are naturally affirmative.

John Burroughs

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Burroughs, John. "The Modern Skeptic." The Light of Day. Houghton Mifflin, 1900.

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For I do not do the good I want to do, but the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing.

Apostle Paul

Romans 7:19

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Romans 7:19).

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Zen is a liberation from time. For if we open our eyes and see clearly, it becomes obvious that there is no other time than this instant, and that the past and the future are abstractions without any concrete reality.