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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My true religion is Kindness. - Dalai Lama
Tea is a religion of the art of life. - Okakura Kakuzo
There is no substitute for the Bible. - Henry Halley
Religion is the opiate of the masses. - Karl Marx
Superstition is the religion of feeble minds. - Edmund Burke
The church is the great lost-and-found department. - Robert Short
I once dieted so religiously I quit eating in Church. - Zig Ziglar
The Bible tells us to forgive our enemies, not our friends. - Margot Asquith
When it is a matter of money, all men are of the same religion. - Voltaire
Don't they get afraid, then?
They have a religion for that. - Ray Bradbury
To be born in India is to arrive into the world swimming in religion. - Ravi Zacharias
There is only one religion, though there are a hundred versions of it. - George Bernard Shaw
A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education. - Theodore Roosevelt
I wonder if other dogs think poodles are members of a weird religious cult. - Rita Rudner
I see religion more as a truck stop on your way to figuring out who you are. - Brad Pitt
There is a world of practical religion in simply being considerate of others. - Roger Babson
There's no better book with which to defend the Bible than the Bible itself. - Dwight L. Moody
Today we celebrate the gift of victory over every fall we have ever experienced. - Jeffrey R Holland
Democracy is also a form of religion; it is the worship of jackals by jackasses. - H L Mencken
I won't take my religion from any man who never works except with his mouth. - Carl Sandburg
You can always borrow a corkscrew from a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church. - Chauncey Depew
The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate. - Oprah Winfrey
To be religious is to have a life that flows with the presence of the extraordinary. - Ann Belford Ulanov
I'm a Catholic deer hunter. I am happy to be clinging to my guns and my religion. - Paul Ryan
The first time I sang in the Church choir, two hundred people changed their religion. - Fred Allen
Celebrate what you've accomplished, but raise the bar a little higher each time you succeed. - Mia Hamm
To a Christian, Easter Sunday means everything, when we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ. - Bernhard Langer
When you come to religion, you come to a place. When you come to Jesus Christ, you come to a person. - Ravi Zacharias
Your mother has this crazy idea that gambling is wrong, even though they say it's okay in the Bible. - Homer Simpson
Going to Church doesn't make you a Christian any more than going to a garage makes you an automobile. - Billy Sunday
The whole religious complexion of the modern world is due to the absence from Jerusalem of a lunatic asylum. - Havelock Ellis
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
It ain't those parts of the Bible that I can't understand that bother me, it is the parts that I do understand. - Mark Twain
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
I am quite sure now that often in matters concerning religion and politics, a man's reasoning powers are not above the monkeys. - Mark Twain
I ain't got no respect for no religion where the head guy claims he can't make no mistakes. Like he's, waddya call, inflammable. - Archie Bunker
To say that authority, whether secular or religious, supplies no ground for morality is not to deny the obvious fact that it supplies a sanction. - Joseph Addison
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
Only through repentance and faith in Christ can anyone be saved. No religious activity will be sufficient, only true faith in Jesus Christ alone. - Ravi Zacharias
The hallmark of religion is to distrust claims made for mortal men. It is in ages of great religious faith that great skepticism can find expression. - Malcolm Muggeridge
Tea is a religion of the art of life. - Okakura Kakuzo
There is no substitute for the Bible. - Henry Halley
Religion is the opiate of the masses. - Karl Marx
Superstition is the religion of feeble minds. - Edmund Burke
The church is the great lost-and-found department. - Robert Short
I once dieted so religiously I quit eating in Church. - Zig Ziglar
The Bible tells us to forgive our enemies, not our friends. - Margot Asquith
When it is a matter of money, all men are of the same religion. - Voltaire
Don't they get afraid, then?
They have a religion for that. - Ray Bradbury
To be born in India is to arrive into the world swimming in religion. - Ravi Zacharias
There is only one religion, though there are a hundred versions of it. - George Bernard Shaw
A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education. - Theodore Roosevelt
I wonder if other dogs think poodles are members of a weird religious cult. - Rita Rudner
I see religion more as a truck stop on your way to figuring out who you are. - Brad Pitt
There is a world of practical religion in simply being considerate of others. - Roger Babson
There's no better book with which to defend the Bible than the Bible itself. - Dwight L. Moody
Today we celebrate the gift of victory over every fall we have ever experienced. - Jeffrey R Holland
Democracy is also a form of religion; it is the worship of jackals by jackasses. - H L Mencken
I won't take my religion from any man who never works except with his mouth. - Carl Sandburg
You can always borrow a corkscrew from a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church. - Chauncey Depew
The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate. - Oprah Winfrey
To be religious is to have a life that flows with the presence of the extraordinary. - Ann Belford Ulanov
I'm a Catholic deer hunter. I am happy to be clinging to my guns and my religion. - Paul Ryan
The first time I sang in the Church choir, two hundred people changed their religion. - Fred Allen
Celebrate what you've accomplished, but raise the bar a little higher each time you succeed. - Mia Hamm
To a Christian, Easter Sunday means everything, when we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ. - Bernhard Langer
When you come to religion, you come to a place. When you come to Jesus Christ, you come to a person. - Ravi Zacharias
Your mother has this crazy idea that gambling is wrong, even though they say it's okay in the Bible. - Homer Simpson
Going to Church doesn't make you a Christian any more than going to a garage makes you an automobile. - Billy Sunday
The whole religious complexion of the modern world is due to the absence from Jerusalem of a lunatic asylum. - Havelock Ellis
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
It ain't those parts of the Bible that I can't understand that bother me, it is the parts that I do understand. - Mark Twain
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
I am quite sure now that often in matters concerning religion and politics, a man's reasoning powers are not above the monkeys. - Mark Twain
I ain't got no respect for no religion where the head guy claims he can't make no mistakes. Like he's, waddya call, inflammable. - Archie Bunker
To say that authority, whether secular or religious, supplies no ground for morality is not to deny the obvious fact that it supplies a sanction. - Joseph Addison
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
Only through repentance and faith in Christ can anyone be saved. No religious activity will be sufficient, only true faith in Jesus Christ alone. - Ravi Zacharias
The hallmark of religion is to distrust claims made for mortal men. It is in ages of great religious faith that great skepticism can find expression. - Malcolm Muggeridge
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Monk’s Story
Silent Monks Singing Hallelujah
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