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Jeremiah Burroughs

"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 and makes them rich, but they think God loves them not when he afflicts them. That is a mystery, but grace instructs men in that mystery, grace enables men to see love in the very frown of God's face, and so come to receive contentment."

Source : Jeremiah Burroughs (2001). “Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment”, p.21, Sovereign Grace Publishers,

Jeremiah Burroughs

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“I reiterate that the rigor and credibility brought to the world by Monti's government are for us a point of no return.”
“Justice is juxtaposition in us Justice for all just ain't specific enough.”
“I'd describe my inner life as constantly vigilant, always ready to flee or respond with violence. I've felt this way since I was a small child. Although it's often quite amusing, it's exhausting at times to live with myself, and when I'm tired and overwhelmed, I do become very depressed. If I'm unable to work for too long, I start questioning my purpose on this earth and whether or not I deserve to live. When I look at other people, I get the sense that they live with themselves much more gracefully.”

Source : "Interviews: On Cartooning". "POV", www.pbs.org.
“This sounds crazy, but my goal is to be nominated for an Oscar. I was the kid who was practicing my acceptance speech when I was ten.”
“[P]oetry resembles metaphysics: one does not mind one's own, but one does not like anyone else's.”
“I get that that the violent illegal immigrants will be removed from the country. But what I am not hearing and I am wondering, for people out there - and, look, itâ€™s not just the liberal media, right? Itâ€™s also conservatives. Itâ€™s Rush Limbaugh. Itâ€™s Governor Sarah Palin. Itâ€™s other people who want Donald Trump to win who are saying, wow, it sounds like he is really backing away from this deportation forceâ€¦”

Source : "Trump team dodges and ducks". www.washingtonpost.com. August 29, 2016.
“Clients don't want us to do what they ask, they want us to go further”
“Almond blossom, sent to teach us That the spring days soon will reach us.”

Source : Sir Edwin Arnold (1856). “Griselda: a tragedy: and other poems”, p.235

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