"The Bible contains more knowledge necessary to man in his present state than any other book in the world."

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Source : Benjamin Rush (1806). “Essays, Literary, Moral and Philosophical ...”, p.93

Benjamin Rush

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“If you want the best the world has to offer, offer the world your best.”
“True religion is a union of God with the soul, a real participation of the divine nature, the very image of God drawn upon the soul, or in the apostle's phrase, it is Christ formed in us.”
“Well, to me, the tensile strength and the very definition of an artist is something that I would place at the top of a vertical hierarchy. To be an artist is to suffer and to lead a life without shelter. It takes a great amount of daring-do, self reinvention, imagination, familial loyalty, sacrifice, economic uncertainty, and the right to be wrong, the right to fail in order to achieve something of noticeable value.”
“Continuous learning is the minimum requirement for success in any field.”
“Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens. They fall, when the wise are banished from the public councils, because they dare to be honest, and the profligate are rewarded, because they flatter the people, in order to betray them.”

Source : Joseph Story (1834). “The Constitutional Class Book: Being a Brief Exposition of the Constitution of the United States: Designed for the Use of the Higher Classes in Common Schools”, p.154
“Fence straddlers have no balls. In compensation, however, they enjoy a comfortable seat and can retreat swiftly, when danger threatens, to either side of the fence. There is something to be said for every position.”
“Youth is the time to go flashing from one end of the world to the other, both in mind and body.”
“He that is down needs fear no fall.”

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