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New Testament Era6 quotes
Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. — Jesus · 60Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. — Jesus · 60Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. — Apostle Paul · 62So do not worry, saying, "What shall we eat?" or "What shall we drink?" or "What shall we wear?" — Jesus · 60Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? — Jesus · 60Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life? — Jesus · 60The Renaissance2 quotes
Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye,
And, where care lodges, sleep will never lie;
But where unbruisèd youth with unstuffed brain
Doth couch his limbs, there golden sleep doth reign. — William Shakespeare · 1597I am sure care's an enemy to life. — William Shakespeare · 1602Ancient World1 quote
He who will not worry about what is far off will soon find something worse than worry close at hand. — Confucius · 221 BC