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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Poetry is what gets lost in translation. - Robert Frost
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The church is the great lost-and-found department. - Robert Short
God did not intend religion to be an exercise club. - Naguib Mahfouz
I once dieted so religiously I quit eating in Church. - Zig Ziglar
Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality. - Warren G Bennis
What you applaud you encourage, but beware what you celebrate. - Ravi Zacharias
There is nothing more important than appearing to be religious. - Niccolo Machiavelli
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
In an urban environment, a church building is a thing of the past. - Mark Batterson
Don't they get afraid, then?
They have a religion for that. - Ray Bradbury
My religious background is that my mother is a Christian Dior Scientist. - Robin Williams
Give me a couple of pages of the Bible, and I'll give you a picture. - Cecil B. DeMille
There is a world of practical religion in simply being considerate of others. - Roger Babson
In this religious order has flourished and is revitalized the order of Knighthood. - Knights Templar
To be religious is to have a life that flows with the presence of the extraordinary. - Ann Belford Ulanov
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
I definitely want my son Brooklyn christened, but I don't know into what religion yet. - David Beckham
Later, he told his nephew that religion required careful thought, not reflexive acceptance. - Thomas Jefferson
Sex is the mysticism of materialism and the only possible religion in a materialistic society. - Malcolm Muggeridge
Let's just say, I'm Irish. I grew up in the 1950s. Religion had a very tight iron fist. - Liam Neeson
He was of the faith chiefly in the sense that the church he currently did not attend was Catholic. - Kingsley Amis
Your daily life is your temple and your religion. Whenever you enter into it take with you your all. - Kahlil Gibran
When you come to religion, you come to a place. When you come to Jesus Christ, you come to a person. - Ravi Zacharias
Most people have some sort of religion, at least they know which church they're staying away from. - John Erskine
It's hard for me to imagine why a church that has younger members wouldn't have a blog component. - Mark Batterson
Celebrate the happiness that friends are always giving, make every day a holiday and celebrate just living! - Amanda Bradley
An angel is a spiritual creature created by God without a body for the service of Christendom and the church. - Leo Rosten
The bulletin board on the lawn of a New Jersey Church reads "We reserve the right to accept everybody." - John Kazmark
The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because they are the same people. - G K Chesterton
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
Question everything. Your love, your religion, your passion. If you don't have questions, you'll never find answers. - Colleen Hoover
Religion is something left over from the infancy of our intelligence, it will fade away as we adopt reason and science as our guidelines. - Bertrand Russell
The secret of my success? It is simple. It is found in the Bible, 'In all thy ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct thy paths.' - George Washington Carver
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
Ultimately, America's answer to the intolerant man is diversity, the very diversity which our heritage of religious freedom has inspired. - Robert F. Kennedy
Mathematicians are like Frenchmen: whatever you say to them they translate into their own language and forthwith it is something entirely different. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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
Holy Mackerel: Fish served at Church supper - Daffynitions joe-ks.com
The church is the great lost-and-found department. - Robert Short
God did not intend religion to be an exercise club. - Naguib Mahfouz
I once dieted so religiously I quit eating in Church. - Zig Ziglar
Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality. - Warren G Bennis
What you applaud you encourage, but beware what you celebrate. - Ravi Zacharias
There is nothing more important than appearing to be religious. - Niccolo Machiavelli
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
In an urban environment, a church building is a thing of the past. - Mark Batterson
Don't they get afraid, then?
They have a religion for that. - Ray Bradbury
My religious background is that my mother is a Christian Dior Scientist. - Robin Williams
Give me a couple of pages of the Bible, and I'll give you a picture. - Cecil B. DeMille
There is a world of practical religion in simply being considerate of others. - Roger Babson
In this religious order has flourished and is revitalized the order of Knighthood. - Knights Templar
To be religious is to have a life that flows with the presence of the extraordinary. - Ann Belford Ulanov
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
I definitely want my son Brooklyn christened, but I don't know into what religion yet. - David Beckham
Later, he told his nephew that religion required careful thought, not reflexive acceptance. - Thomas Jefferson
Sex is the mysticism of materialism and the only possible religion in a materialistic society. - Malcolm Muggeridge
Let's just say, I'm Irish. I grew up in the 1950s. Religion had a very tight iron fist. - Liam Neeson
He was of the faith chiefly in the sense that the church he currently did not attend was Catholic. - Kingsley Amis
Your daily life is your temple and your religion. Whenever you enter into it take with you your all. - Kahlil Gibran
When you come to religion, you come to a place. When you come to Jesus Christ, you come to a person. - Ravi Zacharias
Most people have some sort of religion, at least they know which church they're staying away from. - John Erskine
It's hard for me to imagine why a church that has younger members wouldn't have a blog component. - Mark Batterson
Celebrate the happiness that friends are always giving, make every day a holiday and celebrate just living! - Amanda Bradley
An angel is a spiritual creature created by God without a body for the service of Christendom and the church. - Leo Rosten
The bulletin board on the lawn of a New Jersey Church reads "We reserve the right to accept everybody." - John Kazmark
The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because they are the same people. - G K Chesterton
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
Question everything. Your love, your religion, your passion. If you don't have questions, you'll never find answers. - Colleen Hoover
Religion is something left over from the infancy of our intelligence, it will fade away as we adopt reason and science as our guidelines. - Bertrand Russell
The secret of my success? It is simple. It is found in the Bible, 'In all thy ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct thy paths.' - George Washington Carver
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
Ultimately, America's answer to the intolerant man is diversity, the very diversity which our heritage of religious freedom has inspired. - Robert F. Kennedy
Mathematicians are like Frenchmen: whatever you say to them they translate into their own language and forthwith it is something entirely different. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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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Silent Monks Singing Hallelujah
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