Midnight Items and Spare-moment Scraps

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Central Publishing House, 1886 - 176 עמודים
 

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עמוד 127 - God's sake unto his kindred, and unto orphans, and the needy, and the stranger, and those who ask, and for redemption of captives; who is constant at prayer, and giveth alms; and of those who perform their covenant, when they have covenanted, and who behave themselves patiently in adversity, and hardships, and in time of violence: these are they who are true, and these are they who fear God.
עמוד 127 - There is no piety in turning your faces towards the East or the West, but he is pious who believeth in God, and the Last Day, and the Angels, and the Scriptures and the Prophets ; who for the love of 'God disburseth his wealth to his kindred, and to the orphans, and the needy, and the wayfarer, and those who ask, and for ransoming...
עמוד 75 - Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior which is Christ the Lord.
עמוד 159 - Is there one word which may serve as a rule of practice for all one's life?" The Master said, "Is not RECIPROCITY such a word? What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.
עמוד 112 - Let no man think lightly of evil, saying in his heart, It will not come nigh unto me. Even by the falling of water-drops a waterpot is filled; the fool becomes full of evil, even if he gather it little by little. Let no man think lightly of good, saying in his heart, It will not come nigh unto me.
עמוד 102 - This is good and well said," replied the prince. " The life of a devotee has always been praised by the wise. It will be my refuge, and the refuge of other creatures ; it will lead us to a real life, to happiness and immortality.
עמוד 112 - As rain breaks through an ill-thatched house, passion will break through an unreflecting mind. As rain does not break through a well-thatched house, passion will not break through a well-reflecting mind.
עמוד 102 - this man is one of those who are called bhikshus, or mendicants. He has renounced all pleasures, all desires, and leads a life of austerity. He tries to conquer himself. He has become a devotee. Without passion, without envy, he walks about asking for alms.
עמוד 78 - What is put into the first of life is put into the whole of life.
עמוד 150 - They also found in the common conversation of the people antithetical sentences and fragments of familiar poetry, exhorting to virtue and warning against vice. They are in daily use among all classes, from the rich and educated to the labouring poor.

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