--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: How much more valuable then is a man than…" description: "\"“How much more valuable then is a man than a sheep! So it is lawful and permissible to do good on the Sabbath.”\" — Anonymous" image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/682/anonymous-1_sabbath_how-much-more-valuable-then-is-a-man-tha_3192889.jpg" --- # How much more valuable then is a man than a sheep! So it… ![“How much more valuable then is a man than a sheep! So it is lawful and permissible to do good on the Sabbath.” quote by Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/682/anonymous-1_sabbath_how-much-more-valuable-then-is-a-man-tha_3192889.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/682/anonymous-1_sabbath_how-much-more-valuable-then-is-a-man-tha_3192889.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/682/anonymous-1_sabbath_how-much-more-valuable-then-is-a-man-tha_3192889.jpg) > ““How much more valuable then is a man than a sheep! So it is lawful and permissible to do good on the Sabbath.”” [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. Human life holds greater intrinsic value than animals, justifying moral actions even on sacred days. **In simple terms:** Human life is more valuable than a sheep. Key Takeaway Prioritize human welfare over ritual. Themes ethics value of life religion morality Mood thoughtful serious contemplative Type theological ethical When to use this quote - medical emergencies - rescue missions - social justice - emergency response Key Concepts theology humanism ethical philosophy Questions to Reflect On - When should moral imperatives override ritual rules? - How do different traditions resolve conflicts between law and compassion? 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I mean, a great artist is like a great doctor. I don't care how racist he is.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-j-gaines/i-don-t-care-what-a-man-is-i-mean-a-great-artist-is-like-a-great/) [Ernest J. Gaines](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-j-gaines/) > [“The fact is that you are bringing something valuable to a man's life – your warmth, your caring, your wit, your beauty, your interest,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ali-binazir/the-fact-is-that-you-are-bringing-something-valuable-to-a-man-s-life/) [Ali Binazir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ali-binazir/) > [An efficient and valuable man does what he can, whether the community pay him for it or not. 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He offered a duck…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/a-judge-who-found-an-adventist-guilty-of-not-respecting-the-sabbath/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Any magazine-cover hack can splash paint around wildly and call it a nightmare, or a witches sabbath or a portrait of the devil; but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/any-magazine-cover-hack-can-splash-paint-around-wildly-and-call-it-a/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Saturday: Great and Holy Saturday is the day on which Christ reposed in the tomb. The Church calls this day the Blessed Sabbath.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/saturday-great-and-holy-saturday-is-the-day-on-which-christ-reposed/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [This is what the Sabbath should feel like. A pause. Not just a minor pause, but a major pause. Not just lowering the volume,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/this-is-what-the-sabbath-should-feel-like-a-pause-not-just-a-minor/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Yes, child of suffering, thou may'st well be sure He who ordained the Sabbath loves the poor!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/yes-child-of-suffering-thou-may-st-well-be-sure-he-who-ordained-the/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [This is the most blessed Sabbath on which Christ sleeps, but on the third day he shall rise again. Therefore, O Lord our God,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/this-is-the-most-blessed-sabbath-on-which-christ-sleeps-but-on-the/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [God presents the Sabbath rest as a shelter we can enter. (Hebrews 4:1-11)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/god-presents-the-sabbath-rest-as-a-shelter-we-can-enter-hebrews-4-1-11/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [I'm still agnostic. But in the words of Elton Richards, I'm now a reverant agnostic. Which isn't an oxymoron, I swear. I now believe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-m-still-agnostic-but-in-the-words-of-elton-richards-i-m-now-a/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) ## More by Anonymous > [And a tear rolled down her cheek, as she said goodbye; because she's walking away, and she's never looking back](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/and-a-tear-rolled-down-her-cheek-as-she-said-goodbye-because-she-s/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Life is full of change. That's how we learn and grow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/life-is-full-of-change-that-s-how-we-learn-and-grow/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [You'll seldom experience regret for anything that you've done. It is what you haven't done that will torment you. The message, therefore, is clear.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/you-ll-seldom-experience-regret-for-anything-that-you-ve-done-it-is/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Scrabble - The game is available in Braille. That’s a nice fact. This makes me feel better about humanity for some reason. I can’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/scrabble-the-game-is-available-in-braille-that-s-a-nice-fact-this/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Everyone needs someone to love, and I choose you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/everyone-needs-someone-to-love-and-i-choose-you/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [“THIS tale of my sore-troubled life I write,    To thank the God of nature, who conveyed    My soul to me, and with such care…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/this-tale-of-my-sore-troubled-life-i-write-to-thank-the-god-of-nature/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Put on my J's and dance the whole night away Im naughty by nature like Im hip-hop hooray With my hands in the sky,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/put-on-my-j-s-and-dance-the-whole-night-away-im-naughty-by-nature/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Me.. I have been through a lot, but I still manage to have a smile on my face. Im not worried about the past…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/me-i-have-been-through-a-lot-but-i-still-manage-to-have-a-smile-on-my/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Distance is a test of love. many will fail for those who can't withstand it, but for those who can, theres only one answer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/distance-is-a-test-of-love-many-will-fail-for-those-who-can-t/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Im sorry I ever tried...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/im-sorry-i-ever-tried/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Being betrayed by the one you love is the worst feeling in the world...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/being-betrayed-by-the-one-you-love-is-the-worst-feeling-in-the-world/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Let children support their parents or be imprisoned.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/let-children-support-their-parents-or-be-imprisoned/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [The only person I've ever purposely caused pain here is myself...By simply sharing, caring too much.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-only-person-i-ve-ever-purposely-caused-pain-here-is-myself-by/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [“Start a business, not a startup”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/start-a-business-not-a-startup/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [The truth is, of course, that the curtness of the Ten Commandments is an evidence, not of the gloom and narrowness of a religion,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-truth-is-of-course-that-the-curtness-of-the-ten-commandments-is/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Explore all 162,899 Anonymous quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) ## More Sabbath quotes > [As we keep or break the Sabbath Day we nobly save or meanly lose the last best hope by which man rises.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/as-we-keep-or-break-the-sabbath-day-we-nobly-save-or-meanly-lose-the/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) > [I grew up with my dad's music, so my introduction to rock was Alice Cooper and Cinderella and Dio and Black Sabbath, so I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lzzy-hale/i-grew-up-with-my-dad-s-music-so-my-introduction-to-rock-was-alice/) [Lzzy Hale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lzzy-hale/) > [I love Black Sabbath. They made an amazing contribution to music today. Almost every band that made it big in the Nineties owed a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-grohl/i-love-black-sabbath-they-made-an-amazing-contribution-to-music-today/) [Dave Grohl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-grohl/) > [“Sabbath is a way of life (Heb 4:3; 9-11). It is simply "casting all your anxiety on Him," to find that in actual fact…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dallas-willard/sabbath-is-a-way-of-life-heb-4-3-9-11-it-is-simply-casting-all-your/) [Dallas Willard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dallas-willard/) > [“The mind that comes to rest is tended In ways that it cannot intend: Is borne, preserved, and comprehended By what it cannot comprehend.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendell-berry/the-mind-that-comes-to-rest-is-tended-in-ways-that-it-cannot-intend/) [Wendell Berry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendell-berry/) > [It's hard to be a hungry young man when you're not hungry anymore. We were very hungry young men when we wrote 'Black Sabbath'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-ward/it-s-hard-to-be-a-hungry-young-man-when-you-re-not-hungry-anymore-we/) [Bill Ward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-ward/) > [There’s one thing about Black Sabbath which should not be understated: If Black Sabbath is missing any one of its members it’s no longer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-rollins/there-s-one-thing-about-black-sabbath-which-should-not-be-understated/) [Henry Rollins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-rollins/) > [I'm still agnostic. But in the words of Elton Richards, I'm now a reverant agnostic. Which isn't an oxymoron, I swear. I now believe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-m-still-agnostic-but-in-the-words-of-elton-richards-i-m-now-a/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [I don't work on my Sabbath. I write five-and-a-half or six days a week.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chaim-potok/i-don-t-work-on-my-sabbath-i-write-five-and-a-half-or-six-days-a-week/) [Chaim Potok](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chaim-potok/) > [For it was Saturday night, the best and bingiest glad-time of the week, one of the fifty-two holidays in the slow-turning Big Wheel of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-sillitoe/for-it-was-saturday-night-the-best-and-bingiest-glad-time-of-the-week/) [Alan Sillitoe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-sillitoe/) > [I know that with consecration on the part of believers, separation from the world, disentanglement from enslaving sins, and a mighty baptism of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abbott-eliot-kittredge/i-know-that-with-consecration-on-the-part-of-believers-separation/) [Abbott Eliot Kittredge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abbott-eliot-kittredge/) > [Who doesn't like to play Black Sabbath tunes!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dimebag-darrell/who-doesn-t-like-to-play-black-sabbath-tunes/) [Dimebag Darrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dimebag-darrell/) > [Our lack of community is intensely painful. 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