I have a copy of Montaigne's Essays that I interact with in some way on a near-daily basis. It's dog-eared, soaked in coffee, covered in pencil and pen scribblings, with many of the margins so choked with notes that there isn't any space left to write anything else. Almost every one of the 500+ pages in the book has a creased corner, because I've saved my place in the book at that page at some point in the last 8 years. Any time I need to remind myself of myself, I can open the Essays to nearly any point, read for 5 minutes, a half hour, three hours, and get what I'm looking for.
That's the purpose I imagine (hope) the Bible (or Torah, or Koran) serves for true believers in that religion.
Is there a book you've found that you can and have turned to throughout your life for guidance, to center yourself, and so on? If that book is actually the Bible, say that.
That's the purpose I imagine (hope) the Bible (or Torah, or Koran) serves for true believers in that religion.
Is there a book you've found that you can and have turned to throughout your life for guidance, to center yourself, and so on? If that book is actually the Bible, say that.
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