Burton Quotes

Alma P. Burton - “John declared that 'Christ received not of the fulness at the first,' but that he 'continued from grace to grace until he received a fulnesss and thus he was called the Son of God, because he received not of the fulness at the first.' Thus is it with us all. We must work out our salvation and exaltation by coming to this earth. Man must be born into mortality and live and die that he may continue in his progress toward eternal life and exaltation.”

Alma P. Burton - “It is in the plan that man should die. The rich, the poor; the bond, the free; the great, the lowly—all must die. Death comes to everyone. Death * a necessary step to our eterrzal progression. But death is not the end, it is only a transitional state whereby we move from one stage of action to another. The spirit continues to live, move, think, learn, and to engage in all those activities associated with existence in our next estate. The physical body is placed in the grave, there to remain until the time of our resurrection. The change called death is ordained of God awl is a blessing to man. It would be tragic if men could never be released from mortality that they might put on immortality. Death releases man from his mortal existence and makes possible his onward progress toward eterrzal life and exaltation.”

Alma P. Burton - “EARTH LIFE with its joys and sorrows is a necessary part of our eternal existence. Its purposes are to prepare us to return to the presence of our Heavenly Father and to provide the way whereby we may receive a fulness of joy.”

Alma P. Burton - “Even the Savior of the world, the Only Begotten Son of God, was obliged to come to earth and to take upon himself an earthly tabernacle. He experienced joy and sorrow, happiness and grief, lasting satisfaction and frequent disappointments. As Paul has written, 'Though he were a Son yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered; and being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him.' Hebrews 5:8-9”

H. David Burton - “Many feel the terms 'Sabbath day' and 'play day' are synonymous.... But I ... know that remembering to keep the Sabbath day holy is one of the most important commandments we can observe in preparing us to be the recipients of the whisperings of the Spirit.”

Henry Burton - “Have you a kindness shown? Pass it on! 'Twas not given for thee alone, Pass it on! Let it travel down the years, Let it wipe another's tears, 'Till in Heaven the deed appears— Pass it on!”

Lady Isabella Burton - “He who knows not, and knows not that he knows not, is a fool. Shun him. He who knows not, and knows that he knows not is simple. Teach him. He who knows, and knows not that he knows, is asleep. Wake him. He who knows, and knows that he knows is wise. Follow him.”

Richard E. Burton - “We are the doubles of those whose way Was festal with fruits and flowers; Body and brain we were sound as they, But the prizes were not ours.”

Richard E. Burton - “Misery assails riches, as lightning does the highest towers; or as a tree that is heavy laden with fruit breaks its own boughs, so riches destroy the virtue of their possessor.”

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Richard E. Burton - “Conquer thyself. Till thou hast done this, thou art But a slave; for it is almost as well to be subjected to another's appetite as to thine own.”

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Richard E. Burton - “As the ivy twines around the oak, so do misery and misfortune encompass the happiness of man. Felicity, pure and unalloyed, is not a plant of earthly growth; her gardens are the skies.”

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Sir Richard Francis Burton - “Indeed he knows not how to know who knows not also how to un-know.”

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Sir Richard Francis Burton - “The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped anything but himself.”

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Sir Richard Francis Burton - “Conquer thyself, till thou has done this, thou art but a slave; for it is almost as well to be subjected to another's appetite as to thine own.”

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Sir Richard Francis Burton - “Do what thy manhood bids thee do, from none but self expect applause: He noblest lives and noblest dies who makes and keeps his self-made laws.”

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Sir Richard Francis Burton - “When doctors differ who decides amid the milliard-headed throng?”

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Robert Burton - “They are proud in their humility, proud that they are not proud.”

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Robert Burton - “The fear of death is worse than death.”

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Robert Burton - “One was never married, and that's his hell; Another is, and that's his plague.”

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Robert Burton - “Every other sin hath some pleasure annexed to it, or will Admit of an excuse: envy alone wants both.”

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Robert Burton - “Who cannot give good counsel? T'is cheap, it costs them nothing.”

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Robert Burton - “They lard their lean books with the fat of others' works.”

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Robert Burton - “As clear and as manifest as the nose in a man's face.”

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Robert Burton - “All places are distant from heaven alike.”

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Robert Burton - “I say with Didacus Stella, a dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant may see farther than a giant himself.”

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