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BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER All sorts and conditions of men.
BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER The world, the flesh, the devil.
BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER From envy, hatred, and malice, and all uncharitableness.
BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER Man that is born of woman hath but a short time to live, and is full of misery. He comet up, and is ...
BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER We therefore commit his body to the ground; earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust; in sure an...
BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER We have left undone those things which we ought to have done; and we have done those things which we...
BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER Renounce the devil and all his works, the vain pomp and glory of
the world.
BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER The pomps and vanity of this wicked world.
BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER We have left undone those things which we ought to have done; and
we have done those things which w...
BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER Afflicted, or distressed, in mind, body, or estate.
BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER Read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest.
BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER To do my duty in that state of life unto which it shall please
God to call me.
BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER An outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace.
BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER Grant that the old Adam in these persons may be so buried, that
the new man may be raised up in the...
BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER Have mercy upon us miserable sinners.
BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER With this ring I thee wed, with my body I thee worship, and with
all my worldly goods I thee endow.
BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER To have and to hold from this day forward, for better, for worse,
for richer, for poorer, in sickne...
BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER (Matrimony) is not by any to be entered into unadvisedly or
lightly; but reverently, discreetly, ad...
BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER To love, cherish, and to obey.
BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER In the midst of life we are in death. Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust.
BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER There was never anything by the wit of man so well devised, or so sure established, which in continu...
BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER To have and to hold from this day forward, for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness ...
BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER There was never anything by the wit of man so well devised, or so sure established, which in continu...
BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER With this ring I thee wed, with my body I thee worship, and with all my worldly goods I thee endow
BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust; in sure and certain hope of the Resurrection into eter...
BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER A joyful and pleasant thing it is to be thankful
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MOTHER TERESA There's no trouble in this world so serious that it can't be cured with a hot bath, a glass of whisk...
ELIZABETH GILBERT A basket of ripe fruit is holier than any prayer book.
MARTY RUBIN It is just a worship service and its focus is a time of guided prayer.
AMANDA MILLER A simple grateful thought turned heavenwards is the most perfect prayer.
DORIS LESSING A single grateful thought toward heaven is the most perfect prayer.
GOTTHOLD LESSING A single grateful thought toward heaven is the most perfect prayer.
GOTTHOLD EPHRAIM LESSING Freedom is poetry, taking liberties with words, breaking the rules of normal speech, violating commo...
NORMAN O. BROWN One single grateful thought raised to heaven is the most perfect prayer.
G. E. LESSING What is the essence of America? Finding and maintaining that perfect, delicate balance between freed...
MARILYN VOS SAVANT A people cannot long retain their freedom, whose government is incapable of protecting them.
OLIVER ELLSWORTH My constant prayer for myself is to be used in service for the greater good.
OPRAH WINFREY Freedom of mind is the real freedom.
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B.R. AMBEDKAR In a perfect world, there would be freedom of religion and freedom for all religions to exercise the...
NAFTALI BENNETT Most Americans pay lip service to the idea of freedom, but can't handle real freedom.
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JACQUES BARZUN Blessed are they whose bodies get destroyed in the service of others.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA What is the essence of America? Finding and maintaining that perfect, delicate balance between freed...
MARILYN VOS SAVANT Freedom is only granted us that obedience may be more perfect.
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POPPY Z. BRITE Give me a room whose every nook is dedicated to a book.
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SRI SATHYA SAI BABA A diamond with a flaw is better than a common stone that is perfect.
CHINESE PROVERB The God of justice is with us, and our word, our work - our prayer for freedom will not, cannot be i...
ELIZABETH CATY STANTON We tend to use prayer as a last resort, but God wants it to be our first line of defense. We pray wh...
OSWALD CHAMBERS Did freedom have to mean abolishing common decency?
FRANCINE RIVERS Freedom and confidence are two different things, in my book. Confidence is overrated - it can be fak...
EMILY WEISS We have in the service the scum of the earth as common soldiers.
DUKE OF WELLINGTON ARTHUR WELLESLEY It's a book whose time has come, I think is the main thing.
KITTY ROSATI We live unto Him, so committing our service to the Lord is the first and foremost priority of our li...
MONICA JOHNSON We're marketing that as a personal prayer book, primarily geared toward women.
JEFF HAMILTON The Lord's Prayer is the most perfect piece of poetry. I always feel at peace and moved when I r...
MARY QUANT It's the perfect environment for prayer. Chanting in Greek... is like a beautiful opera, but way...
TROY POLAMALU When we are covering our service member by the shield of prayer, we are engaging God's defense syste...
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RONALD REAGAN The worst enemy of life, freedom and the common decencies is total anarchy; their second worst enemy...
ALDOUS HUXLEY The worst enemy of life, freedom and the common decencies is total anarchy; their second worst enemy...
ALDOUS HUXLEY A few weeks will probably determine our fate. Perfect freedom, or Absolute Slavery. To some of us fr...
ABRAHAM CLARK I'm the cover of a book,
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RICHARD L. RATLIFF Ultimately, I think the #1 thing that draws me to someone is their sense of freedom. Freedom and con...
EMILY WEISS I have somewhere read of a wise bishop who in a visit to his diocese found an old woman whose only p...
JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU The issue of prayer is not prayer; the issue of prayer is God.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL Perfect freedom is as necessary to the health and vigor of commerce as it is to the health and vigor...
PATRICK HENRY Neither the wording of the amendment itself nor common practice challenged the widely held belief th...
LINDA CHAVEZ There is no higher religion than human service. To work for the common good is the greatest creed.
ALBERT SCHWEITZER There is no higher religion than human service. To work for the common good is the greatest creed.
WOODROW WILSON There is no higher religion than human service. To work for the common good is the greatest creed.''
ALBERT SCHWEITZER There is no higher religion than human service. To work for the common good is the greatest creed.
WOODROW T. WILSON In all the great periods of the drama perfect freedom of choice and subject, perfect freedom of indi...
GEORGE PIERCE BAKER He is the most perfect Muslim whose disposition is best; and the best of you are they who behave bes...
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MASARU EMOTO Our society is illuminated by the spiritual insights of the Hebrew prophets. America and Israel have...
LYNDON B. JOHNSON A church service starts and ends with a prayer. A magazine starts and ends with an advert.
MOKOKOMA MOKHONOANA Pride calls me to the window, gluttony to the table, wantonness to the bed, laziness to the chimney-...
THOMAS FULLER For god is nothing other than the eternally creative source of our relational power, our common stre...
CARTER HEYWARD I now bid farewell to the country of my birth - of my passions - of my death; a country whose misfor...
THOMAS FRANCIS MEAGHER Heavy rains and a good book. A perfect extravagance.
CAREW PAPRITZ The plants in the garden - the aloes, the almond tree, the rose tree and the iris - were afraid of h...
HENDRIK CRAMER The greatest service we can do the common man is to abolish him and make all men uncommon.
NORMAN ANGELL Open a Jewish daily prayer book used in any part of the world, and Zionism will leap out at you.
EPHRAIM MIRVIS Just as food is a craft, great service is, too. It can take years to perfect the technical aspects o...
DANIEL HUMM Because Freedom is the most important thing on life, let me Be.
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DIETER F. UCHTDORF The Lord gave the wonderful promise of the free use of His Name with the Father in conjunction with ...
ANDREW MURRAY Each heartfelt prayer, each Church meeting attended, each worthy friend, each righteous decision, ea...
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CRITIAS OF ATHENS Extreme remedies are very appropriate for extreme diseases.
HIPPOCRATES OF IPHICRATES Right is right even if no one is doing it; wrong is wrong even if everyone is doing it.
AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO The soul is made of love and must ever strive to return to love. Therefore, it can never find rest n...
MECHTHILD OF MAGDENBURG Opposition brings concord. Out of discord comes the fairest harmony.
HERACLITUS OF EPHESUS A man never stands as tall as when he kneels to help a child.
KNIGHTS OF PYTHAGORAS Manners maketh man.
WILLIAM OF WYKEHAM God bids you not to commit lechery, that is, not to have sex with any woman except your wife. You as...
AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO [Y]ou are not ashamed of your sin [in committing adultery] because so many men commit it. Man's wick...
AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO We have two ears and one mouth, so we should listen more than we say.
ZENO OF CITIUM Be a craftsman in speech that thou mayest be strong, for the strength of one is the tongue, and spee...
MAXIMS OF PTAHHOTEP Has not peace honours and glories of her own unattended by the dangers of war?
HERMOCRATES OF SYRACUSE From Syria even to Rome I fight with wild beasts, by land and sea, by night and by day, being bound ...
IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCH O thou Sun, send me as far over the earth as is my pleasure and thine, and may I make the acquaintan...
APOLLONIUS OF TYANA Great and glorious God, and Thou Lord Jesus, I pray you shed abroad your light in the darkness of my...
FRANCIS OF ASSISI Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance.
FRANCIS OF ASSISI The Father willed that his blessed and glorious Son, whom he gave to us and who was born for us, sho...
FRANCIS OF ASSISI Men lose all the material things they leave behind them in this world, but they carry with them the ...
FRANCIS OF ASSISI It would behoove the world to become used to this fact: that without a just solution to the Palestin...
HUSSEIN OF JORDAN Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love.
FRANCIS OF ASSISI I was in my thirteenth year when I heard a voice from God to help me govern my conduct. And the firs...
JOAN OF ARC A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows.
FRANCIS OF ASSISI For it is in giving that we receive.
FRANCIS OF ASSISI