January 25

If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them. — John 13:17

Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin. — Jas 4:17

We cannot kindle when we will
The fire that in the heart resides,
The spirit bloweth and is still,
In mystery our soul abides:
But tasks in hours of insight willed
Can be through hours of gloom fulfilled.
—MATTHEW ARNOLD.

Hurt not your conscience with any known sin.
—S. RUTHERFORD.

Deep-rooted customs, though wrong, are not easily altered; but it is the duty of all to be firm in that which they certainly know is right for them. —JOHN WOOLMAN.

He often acts unjustly who does not do a certain thing; not only he who does a certain thing.
—MARCUS ANTONINUS.

Every duty we omit obscures some truth we should have known. —JOHN RUSKIN.