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
Religion: a great perhaps. - Francois Rabelais
Poetry is what gets lost in translation. - Robert Frost
Cantaloupe: Got to get married in Church - Daffynitions joe-ks.com
God did not intend religion to be an exercise club. - Naguib Mahfouz
Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich. - Napoleon Bonaparte
Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality. - Warren G Bennis
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
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
To be born in India is to arrive into the world swimming in religion. - Ravi Zacharias
Give me a couple of pages of the Bible, and I'll give you a picture. - Cecil B. DeMille
Alcohol may be man's worst enemy, but the Bible says love your enemy. - Frank Sinatra
Religion is the essence of culture, and culture is the dress of religion. - Paul Tillich
Italy is the home of art and swindling; home of religion and moral rottenness. - Mark Twain
Today we celebrate the gift of victory over every fall we have ever experienced. - Jeffrey R Holland
A religion that gives nothing, costs nothing, and suffers nothing, is worth nothing. - Martin Luther
I built my church on Easter services, Christmas Eve services, and Norman Vincent Peale. - Robert H. Schuller
The church is close, but the road is icey. The tavern is far, but I will walk carefully. - Russian Proverb
The less Holy Spirit we have, the more cake and coffee we need to keep the church going. - Reinhard Bonnke
If religion is to be treated with intellectual respect, then it must stand the test of truth. - Ravi Zacharias
Most religious people accept medicine as a gift from God and reap the benefits of both realms. - Caroline Fraser
Celebrate what you've accomplished, but raise the bar a little higher each time you succeed. - Mia Hamm
He made us all one true religion, Edith, which he named after his son, Christian - or Christ, for short. - Archie Bunker
Your mother has this crazy idea that gambling is wrong, even though they say it's okay in the Bible. - Homer Simpson
It's hard for me to imagine why a church that has younger members wouldn't have a blog component. - Mark Batterson
The Christian's Bible is a drug store. Its contents remain the same, but the medical practice changes. - Mark Twain
The Muslim world is threatened by religious fanaticism. The Western world is threatened by secular fanaticism. - Dennis Prager
Dieting is not a sprint, it's a marathon. If you celebrate the small victories, you will eventually win the war. - Ian K Smith
The world says everything happens randomly, without reason. But the Bible reassures us that God works in all things. - David Jeremiah
Some movie stars wear their sunglasses even in Church. They're afraid God might recognize them and ask for autographs. - Fred Allen
Question everything. Your love, your religion, your passion. If you don't have questions, you'll never find answers. - Colleen Hoover
He who begins with Metaphysics will not only become confused in matters of religion, but will fall into complete infidelity. - Maimonides
The Muslim Prophet Mohammed was a big believer in charity and firmly established helping those in need as a basis of the religion. - Richard Engel
Prayer and the Bible became a part of my everyday thoughts and beliefs. I learned to put my trust in God and to seek Him as my strength. - Rosa Parks
People are so shocked when they find... out I am Protestant. I am Presbyterian. And I go to church, and I love God, and I love my church. - Donald Trump
Starbucks says they are going to start putting religious quotes on cups. The very first one will say, 'Jesus! This cup is expensive!' - Conan O'Brien
I you can make any leading religion of the world look like complete nonsense, you can be sure of only one thing: you haven't understood it. - Wilfred Cantwell Smith
Religion: a great perhaps. - Francois Rabelais
Poetry is what gets lost in translation. - Robert Frost
Cantaloupe: Got to get married in Church - Daffynitions joe-ks.com
God did not intend religion to be an exercise club. - Naguib Mahfouz
Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich. - Napoleon Bonaparte
Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality. - Warren G Bennis
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
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
To be born in India is to arrive into the world swimming in religion. - Ravi Zacharias
Give me a couple of pages of the Bible, and I'll give you a picture. - Cecil B. DeMille
Alcohol may be man's worst enemy, but the Bible says love your enemy. - Frank Sinatra
Religion is the essence of culture, and culture is the dress of religion. - Paul Tillich
Italy is the home of art and swindling; home of religion and moral rottenness. - Mark Twain
Today we celebrate the gift of victory over every fall we have ever experienced. - Jeffrey R Holland
A religion that gives nothing, costs nothing, and suffers nothing, is worth nothing. - Martin Luther
I built my church on Easter services, Christmas Eve services, and Norman Vincent Peale. - Robert H. Schuller
The church is close, but the road is icey. The tavern is far, but I will walk carefully. - Russian Proverb
The less Holy Spirit we have, the more cake and coffee we need to keep the church going. - Reinhard Bonnke
If religion is to be treated with intellectual respect, then it must stand the test of truth. - Ravi Zacharias
Most religious people accept medicine as a gift from God and reap the benefits of both realms. - Caroline Fraser
Celebrate what you've accomplished, but raise the bar a little higher each time you succeed. - Mia Hamm
He made us all one true religion, Edith, which he named after his son, Christian - or Christ, for short. - Archie Bunker
Your mother has this crazy idea that gambling is wrong, even though they say it's okay in the Bible. - Homer Simpson
It's hard for me to imagine why a church that has younger members wouldn't have a blog component. - Mark Batterson
The Christian's Bible is a drug store. Its contents remain the same, but the medical practice changes. - Mark Twain
The Muslim world is threatened by religious fanaticism. The Western world is threatened by secular fanaticism. - Dennis Prager
Dieting is not a sprint, it's a marathon. If you celebrate the small victories, you will eventually win the war. - Ian K Smith
The world says everything happens randomly, without reason. But the Bible reassures us that God works in all things. - David Jeremiah
Some movie stars wear their sunglasses even in Church. They're afraid God might recognize them and ask for autographs. - Fred Allen
Question everything. Your love, your religion, your passion. If you don't have questions, you'll never find answers. - Colleen Hoover
He who begins with Metaphysics will not only become confused in matters of religion, but will fall into complete infidelity. - Maimonides
The Muslim Prophet Mohammed was a big believer in charity and firmly established helping those in need as a basis of the religion. - Richard Engel
Prayer and the Bible became a part of my everyday thoughts and beliefs. I learned to put my trust in God and to seek Him as my strength. - Rosa Parks
People are so shocked when they find... out I am Protestant. I am Presbyterian. And I go to church, and I love God, and I love my church. - Donald Trump
Starbucks says they are going to start putting religious quotes on cups. The very first one will say, 'Jesus! This cup is expensive!' - Conan O'Brien
I you can make any leading religion of the world look like complete nonsense, you can be sure of only one thing: you haven't understood it. - Wilfred Cantwell Smith
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