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The first step toward liberty is to miss liberty; the second, to seek it; the third, to find it. –Leopold Zunz, German-Jewish scholar Reprinted from ‘A Treasury of Jewish Quotations,’ edited by Joseph L. Baron, Jason Aronson Inc.

The great thing to remember is that, though our feelings come and go, God’s love for us does not. –C.S. Lewis

Then the Buddha said to his monks, walk over the earth for the blessing of many, the happiness of many, out of compassion for the world, for the welfare and the blessing and the happiness of gods and men. –Vinaya Pitaka From “Teachings of the Buddha,” edited by Jack Kornfield, 1993. Reprinted by arrangement with…

Pharaoh then summoned Moses and said, “Go, worship the Lord! Only your flocks and your herds shall be left behind; even your children may go with you.” But Moses said, “You yourself must provide us with sacrifices and burnt offerings to offer up to the Lord our God; our own livestock, too, shall go along…

On the heights it is warmer than those in the valley imagine. –Friedrich Nietzsche

Paddy goes to confession and says to the priest, “Bless me father, for I have sinned. It’s been three weeks since my last confession, and in that time I have committed the sin of adultery.” The priest says, “Was it with Brigitte O’Hara?” Paddy says, “I’m sorry Father, but I can’t tell you who it…

John 7:37-52 37 On the last day of the festival, the great day, while Jesus was standing there, he cried out, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me, 38 and let the one who believes in me drink. As the scripture has said, ‘Out of the believer’s heartl shall flow rivers of living water.’…

[37] In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. [38] He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. [39] (But this spake he of the…

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Regard as trifling the great good you did to others, and as enormous the little good others did to you. –Talmud: Derech Eretz (Way of the Land) Reprinted from ‘A Treasury of Jewish Quotations,’ edited by Joseph L. Baron, Jason Aronson Inc.

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