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Contentment Quotes by 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…
- When [the saints] perform actions to God, then the soul says: 'Oh! that I could do what pleases God!' When they come to suffer any…
- Now this is a mystery to a carnal heart. They can see no such thing; perhaps they think God loves them when he prospers them…
- My brethren, the reason why you have not got contentment in the things of the world is not because you have not got enough of…
- To be well skilled in the mystery of Christian contentment is the duty, glory and excellence of a Christian.
- Christian contentment is that sweet, inward, quiet, gracious frame of spirit, which freely submits to and delights in God's wise and fatherly disposal in every…
More Contentment Quotes
- There is greatness in the fear of God, contentment in faith of God, and honour in humility. — Abu Bakr
- Writing a novel is one of those modern rites of passage, I think, that lead us from an innocent world of contentment,… — J. G. Ballard
- A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world. — Joseph Addison
- I am sensible of the velocity of the moments, and entering that part of my head alert to the motion of the… — Harold Brodkey
- Everyone chases after happiness, not noticing that happiness is right at their heels. — Bertolt Brecht
- A youthful mind is seldom totally free from ambition; to curb that, is the first step to contentment, since to diminish expectation… — Fanny Burney
- True contentment is a thing as active as agriculture. It is the power of getting out of any situation all that there… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
- There is no austerity equal to a balanced mind, and there is no happiness equal to contentment; there is no disease like… — Chanakya
- How many cares one loses when one decides not to be something but to be someone. — Coco Chanel
- If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
- A dying man needs to die, as a sleepy man needs to sleep, and there comes a time when it is wrong,… — Stewart Alsop
- In contentment and joy are found the height and perfection of all love towards our neighbor. — William Ames