Quotemeal: Aug. 19th, 2018

Sunday, August 19, 2018

"Contentment is not by addition but by subtraction: seeking to add a thing will not bring contentment. Instead, subtracting from your desires until you are satisfied only with Christ brings contentment."
— Jeremiah Burroughs

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"Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others."
— Cicero —
"The true Christian is like sandalwood, which imparts its fragrance to the axe which cuts it, without doing any harm in return."
— Sundar Singh —
"Humility is the root, mother, nurse, foundation, and bond of all virtue."
— St. John Chrysostom —
"I believe in God like I believe in the sun rise. Not because I can see it, but because I can see all that it touches."
— C. S. Lewis —

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Illustration of Jeremiah Burroughs — "Contentment is not by addition but by subtraction: seeking to add a thing will not bring contentment. Instead, subtracting from your desires until you are satisfied only with Christ brings contentment."

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