#bible

But every great scripture, whether Hebrew, Indian, Persian, or Chinese, apart from its religious value will be found to have some rare and special beauty of its own; and in this respect the original Bible stands very high as a monument of sublime poetry and of artistic prose. ↗

— Lafcadio Hearn

#artistic #beauty #bible #chinese #every

For this reason, to study English literature without some general knowledge of the relation of the Bible to that literature would be to leave one's literary education very incomplete. ↗

— Lafcadio Hearn

#education #english #english literature #general #general knowledge

Some persons have ventured to say that it is only since Englishmen ceased to believe in the Bible that they began to discover how beautiful it was. ↗

— Lafcadio Hearn

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I never read a self-help book except for the Bible. ↗

— Jon Heder

#book #except #i #never #read

The Bible is worth all the other books which have ever been printed. ↗

— Patrick Henry

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The Bible declares that on the sixth day God created man. Right then and there, God should have demanded a damage deposit. ↗

— Jim Hightower

#created #damage #day #declares #demanded

Ronald Reagan used to alarm other constituencies by speaking freely about the End Times foreshadowed in the Bible. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#alarm #bible #constituencies #end #foreshadowed

The violence in the Bible is appalling. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#bible #violence

If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink. In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head. ↗

— Anonymous

#courage #enemy #lesson #life #love

Being cheerful keeps you healthy. It is slow death to be gloomy all the time. ↗

— Anonymous

#inspirational #proverbs- #death