A new monk arrives at the monastery. He is assigned to help the other monks in copying the old texts by hand. He notices, however, that they are copying copies, and not the original books.
So, the new monk goes to the head monk to ask him about this. He points out that if there was an error in the first copy, that error would be continued in all of the other copies. The head monk says, “We have been copying from the copies for centuries, but you make a good point, my son.”
So, he goes down into the cellar with one of the copies to check it against the original. Hours later, nobody has seen him. So, one of the monks goes downstairs to look for him. He hears sobbing coming from the back of the cellar and finds the old monk leaning over one of the original books crying. He asks what’s wrong.
“The word is celebrate,” says the old monk.
To celebrate or not to celebrate, that is the question...
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Religion altars the mind. - Tony Follari
Every religion at its core is exclusive. - Ravi Zacharias
Religion is the search for ultimate meaning. - Viktor Frankl
The church is the great lost-and-found department. - Robert Short
The Bible tells us to forgive our enemies, not our friends. - Margot Asquith
What you applaud you encourage, but beware what you celebrate. - Ravi Zacharias
When it is a matter of money, all men are of the same religion. - Voltaire
A rigorous religion can be conceived and nurtured in ignorance. - Ravi Zacharias
For the man who prays in his heart, the whole world is a church. - Sylvain of Athos
If men are so wicked with religion, what would they be without it? - Benjamin Franklin
Don't they get afraid, then?
They have a religion for that. - Ray Bradbury
Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind. - Albert Einstein
There is only one religion, though there are a hundred versions of it. - George Bernard Shaw
My religious background is that my mother is a Christian Dior Scientist. - Robin Williams
Alcohol may be man's worst enemy, but the Bible says love your enemy. - Frank Sinatra
I wonder if other dogs think poodles are members of a weird religious cult. - Rita Rudner
There is a world of practical religion in simply being considerate of others. - Roger Babson
Italy is the home of art and swindling; home of religion and moral rottenness. - Mark Twain
There are exactly as many special occasions in life as we choose to celebrate. - Robert Brault
The Bible does not give us a road map for life, but it does give us a compass. - Gordon S. Jackson
Church is the only society on earth that exists for the benefit of non-members. - William Temple
There's no better book with which to defend the Bible than the Bible itself. - Dwight L. Moody
A sense of humor, properly developed, is superior to any religion so far devised. - Tom Robbins
I've read the last page of the Bible. It's all going to turn out all right. - Billy Graham
The world is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion. - Thomas Paine
The church is close, but the road is icey. The tavern is far, but I will walk carefully. - Russian Proverb
We have just enough religion to make us hate but not enough to make us love one another. - Jonathan Swift
The less Holy Spirit we have, the more cake and coffee we need to keep the church going. - Reinhard Bonnke
Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction. - Blaise Pascal
If religion is to be treated with intellectual respect, then it must stand the test of truth. - Ravi Zacharias
He was of the faith chiefly in the sense that the church he currently did not attend was Catholic. - Kingsley Amis
Your mother has this crazy idea that gambling is wrong, even though they say it's okay in the Bible. - Homer Simpson
I have an everyday religion that works for me. Love yourself first, and everything else falls in to line. - Lucille Ball
Since I got to 80, I've started reading the Bible a lot more. It's kind of like cramming for my finals. - Vincent Watson
The bulletin board on the lawn of a New Jersey Church reads "We reserve the right to accept everybody." - John Kazmark
You must mind and not lower the Church in people's eyes by seeming to be frightened about it for such a little thing. - George Eliot
Anyone who thinks sitting in church can make you a Christian must also think that sitting in a garage can make you a car. - Garrison Keillor
I find that the nicest and best people generally profess no religion at all, but are ready to like the best men of all religions. - Samuel Butler
Make your own Bible. Select and collect all the words and sentences that in all your readings have been to you like the blast of a trumpet. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
The Bible tells us that Jesus Christ came to do three things. He came to have my past forgiven, you get a purpose for living and a home in Heaven - Rick Warren
Every religion at its core is exclusive. - Ravi Zacharias
Religion is the search for ultimate meaning. - Viktor Frankl
The church is the great lost-and-found department. - Robert Short
The Bible tells us to forgive our enemies, not our friends. - Margot Asquith
What you applaud you encourage, but beware what you celebrate. - Ravi Zacharias
When it is a matter of money, all men are of the same religion. - Voltaire
A rigorous religion can be conceived and nurtured in ignorance. - Ravi Zacharias
For the man who prays in his heart, the whole world is a church. - Sylvain of Athos
If men are so wicked with religion, what would they be without it? - Benjamin Franklin
Don't they get afraid, then?
They have a religion for that. - Ray Bradbury
Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind. - Albert Einstein
There is only one religion, though there are a hundred versions of it. - George Bernard Shaw
My religious background is that my mother is a Christian Dior Scientist. - Robin Williams
Alcohol may be man's worst enemy, but the Bible says love your enemy. - Frank Sinatra
I wonder if other dogs think poodles are members of a weird religious cult. - Rita Rudner
There is a world of practical religion in simply being considerate of others. - Roger Babson
Italy is the home of art and swindling; home of religion and moral rottenness. - Mark Twain
There are exactly as many special occasions in life as we choose to celebrate. - Robert Brault
The Bible does not give us a road map for life, but it does give us a compass. - Gordon S. Jackson
Church is the only society on earth that exists for the benefit of non-members. - William Temple
There's no better book with which to defend the Bible than the Bible itself. - Dwight L. Moody
A sense of humor, properly developed, is superior to any religion so far devised. - Tom Robbins
I've read the last page of the Bible. It's all going to turn out all right. - Billy Graham
The world is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion. - Thomas Paine
The church is close, but the road is icey. The tavern is far, but I will walk carefully. - Russian Proverb
We have just enough religion to make us hate but not enough to make us love one another. - Jonathan Swift
The less Holy Spirit we have, the more cake and coffee we need to keep the church going. - Reinhard Bonnke
Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction. - Blaise Pascal
If religion is to be treated with intellectual respect, then it must stand the test of truth. - Ravi Zacharias
He was of the faith chiefly in the sense that the church he currently did not attend was Catholic. - Kingsley Amis
Your mother has this crazy idea that gambling is wrong, even though they say it's okay in the Bible. - Homer Simpson
I have an everyday religion that works for me. Love yourself first, and everything else falls in to line. - Lucille Ball
Since I got to 80, I've started reading the Bible a lot more. It's kind of like cramming for my finals. - Vincent Watson
The bulletin board on the lawn of a New Jersey Church reads "We reserve the right to accept everybody." - John Kazmark
You must mind and not lower the Church in people's eyes by seeming to be frightened about it for such a little thing. - George Eliot
Anyone who thinks sitting in church can make you a Christian must also think that sitting in a garage can make you a car. - Garrison Keillor
I find that the nicest and best people generally profess no religion at all, but are ready to like the best men of all religions. - Samuel Butler
Make your own Bible. Select and collect all the words and sentences that in all your readings have been to you like the blast of a trumpet. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
The Bible tells us that Jesus Christ came to do three things. He came to have my past forgiven, you get a purpose for living and a home in Heaven - Rick Warren
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