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I long to accomplish a great and noble task; but it is my chief duty and joy to accomplish humble tasks as though they were great and noble.

The real tragedy is the tragedy of the man who is braced to effort neither in the office nor out of it

As each has received a gift, employ it in serving one another, as good managers of the grace of God in its various forms.

And above all things be earnest in your love among yourselves, for love covers a multitude of sins.

Be hospitable to one another without grumbling.

Blessed is a person who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord promised to those who love him.

But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.

Let endurance have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you,” says Yahweh, “thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.

You shall call on me, and you shall go and pray to me, and I will listen to you.

You shall seek me and find me, when you search for me with all your heart.

Jesus therefore said to them again, “Peace be to you. As the Father has sent me, even so I send you.”

Jesus, looking at them, said, “With men it is impossible, but not with God, for all things are possible with God.”

For the Son of Man also came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

Therefore, whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.

“Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock.

“Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you.

Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. Your Spirit is good. Lead me in the land of uprightness.

Cause me to hear your loving kindness in the morning, for I trust in you. Cause me to know the way in which I should walk, for I lift up my soul to you.

But I have found out that though the ways in which I can make myself useful are few, yet the work open to me is endless.

Those who are not prepared for the apprehension of a great purpose should fix the thoughts upon the faultless performance of their duty, no matter how insignificant their task may appear.

No man is so formed that he can be left entirely to himself, to go his own ways; everyone needs to be guided by a preconceived plan, and to follow certain general rules.

To have no regular work, no set sphere of activity--what a miserable thing it is!

This is love, that we should walk according to his commandments. This is the commandment, even as you heard from the beginning, that you should walk in it.

He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does Yahweh require of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?