How many observe Christ's birthday! How few, his
precepts! O! 'tis easier to keep holidays than commandments.
View quotes by Benjamin FranklinHe who knoweth the
precepts by heart, but faileth to practice them, is like unto one who lighteth a lamp and then shutteth his eyes.
View quotes by Robert Louis StevensonPractical wisdom is only to be learned in the school of experience.
Precepts and instruction are useful so far as they go, but, without the discipline of real life, they remain of the nature of theory only.
View quotes by Samuel SmilesIt is now several months since I promised to give you my reasons for preferring the Bible as a schoolbook to all other compositions. Before I state my arguments, I shall assume the five following propositions:
1 . That Christianity is the only true and perfect religion; and that in proportion as mankind adopts its principles and obeys its
precepts they will be wise and happy.
2. That a better knowledge of this religion is to be acquired by reading the Bible than in any other way.
3. That the Bible contains more knowledge necessary to man in his present state than any other book in the world.
4. That knowledge is most durable, and religious instruction most useful, when imparted in early life.
5. That the Bible, when not read in schools, is seldom read in any subsequent period of life.
- Benjamin Rush, Essays, pp. 93-113, 'A Defence of the Use of the Bible as a School Book'.
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