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Wisdom about religion.
What people have learned about religion the hard way, and what the classics said about it first.
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From the library
There is no wealth but life.
Let each man direct himself first to what is proper; then let him teach others.
Invention is one of the great marks of genius.
Men are disturbed not by things, but by the views which they take of things.
To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.
The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms.
A friend loveth at all times.
Gravity is the root of lightness; stillness, the ruler of movement.
Perfect love casteth out fear.
The fault of others is easily perceived, but that of oneself is difficult to perceive.
The greatest natural genius cannot subsist on its own stock.
A soft answer turneth away wrath.
The Tao that can be trodden is not the enduring and unchanging Tao. The name that can be named is not the enduring and unchanging name.
The truth shall make you free.
Where there is no vision, the people perish.
The (state of) vacancy should be brought to the utmost degree, and that of stillness guarded with unwearying vigour. All things alike go through their processes of activity, and (then) we see them return (to their original state).
Be still, and know that I am God.
By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.
The kingdom of God is within you.
Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.
Let all your things be done with charity.
For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.
Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you.
I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord.
Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
When we build, let us think that we build for ever.
If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked.
Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
Every man shall kiss his lips that giveth a right answer.
In quietness and in confidence shall be your strength.
Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer.
The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.
Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.
Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.
Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee.
A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.
For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy.
There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear.
The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his soul.