If a man has come to that point where he is so content that he says I do not want to know any more, or do any more or be any more, he is in a state of which he ought to be changed into a mummy
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We are not to make the ideas of contentment and aspiration quarrel, for God made them fast friends. A man may aspire, and yet be quite content until it is time to raise and both flying and resting are but parts of one contentment. The very fruit of the gospel is aspiration. It is to the heart what spring is to the earth, making every root, and bud, and bough desire to be more. -
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