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O God, You Who are the truth, make me one with You in love everlasting. I am often wearied
by the many things I hear and read, but in You is all that I long for. Let the learned be still, let all
creatures be silent before You; You alone speak to me. -- Thomas A Kempis
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O God my Truth, make me one with You in eternal love. Often I become weary with reading and hearing many things. You are all that I want and desire. Let all teachers be mute and all creation keep silence before You. Speak to me, You, and You alone. -- Thomas A Kempis
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But because many endeavor to get knowledge rather than to live well, they are often deceived and reap little or no benefit from their labor. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Judge yourself and beware of passing judgement on others. In judging others we expend our energy to no purpose; we are often mistaken and easily sin. But if we judge ourselves our labour is always to our profit. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Do not let your peace depend on the hearts of men; whatever they say about you, good or bad, you are not because of it another man, for as you are, you are. -- Thomas A Kempis
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It is easier not to speak a word at all than to speak more words than we should. -- Thomas A Kempis
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2. Boast not thyself in thy riches if thou hast them, nor in thy friends if they be powerful, but in God, who giveth all things, -- Thomas A Kempis
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One who views thing as they are in reality, and not as they are said or thought to be, is truly wise, taught by God rather than by other persons -- Thomas A Kempis
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He who is not always ready to suffer and to stand completely at the will of his beloved is not worthy to be called a lover, for it behooves a lover gladly to suffer all hard and bitter things for his beloved, and not to fall from love because of any irksome thing that may befall him. -- Thomas A Kempis
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All His glory and beauty come from within, and there He delights to dwell, His visits there are frequent, His conversation sweet, His comforts refreshing; and His peace passing all understanding. -- Thomas A Kempis
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For the gifts of Nature belong to good and evil alike; but the proper gift of the elect is grace - that is, love - and they who bear the mark thereof are held worthy of everlasting life. -- Thomas A Kempis
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If you wish to stand and progress as you ought, hold yourself an exile and a pilgrim on the earth. -- Thomas A Kempis
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O Lord, self-renunciation is not the work of one day, nor children's sport; yea, rather in this word is included all perfection. -- Thomas A Kempis
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If thou be not busy for thyself now, who shall be busy for thee in time to come? -- Thomas A Kempis
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Of two evils, the less is always to be chosen. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Our own opinion of ourselves should be lower than that formed by others, for we have a better chance at our imperfections. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Love makes everything that is heavy light. -- Thomas A Kempis
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A lover of Jesus and of the truth can lift himself above himself in spirit. -- Thomas A Kempis
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If you bear the cross unwillingly, you make it a burden, and load yourself more heavily; but you must bear it. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Study to do another's will rather than thine own. Choose ever to have less rather than more. Seek ever the lower place and to be subject to all; ever wish and pray that the will of God may be perfectly done in thee and in all. Behold such a man enters the bounds of peace and calm. -- Thomas A Kempis
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A sure way of retaining the grace of heaven is to disregard outward appearances, and diligently to cultivate such things as foster amendment of life and fervour of soul, rather than to cultivate those qualities that seem most popular. -- Thomas A Kempis
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A pure, sincere, and stable spirit is not distracted though it be employed in many works; for that it works all to the honor of God, and inwardly being still and quiet, seeks not itself in any thing it doth. -- Thomas A Kempis
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The more humble and obedient to God a man is, the more wise and at peace he will be in all that he does. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Be assured that if you knew all, you would pardon all. -- Thomas A Kempis
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SHUN the gossip of men as much as possible, for discussion of worldly affairs, even though sincere, is a great distraction inasmuch as we are quickly ensnared and captivated by vanity. -- Thomas A Kempis
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A book has but one voice, but it does not instruct everyone alike. -- Thomas A Kempis
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I have sought for happiness everywhere, but I have found it nowhere except in a little corner with a little book. -- Thomas A Kempis
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There is no man in this world without some manner of tribulation or anguish, though he be king or pope. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Your love for your friend should be grounded in Me, and for My sake you should love whoever seems to be good and is very dear to you in this life. Without Me friendship has no strength and cannot endure. Love which I do not bind is neither true nor pure. -- Thomas A Kempis
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If you can win complete mastery over self, you will easily master all else. To triumph over self is the perfect victory. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Forasmuch as many people study more to have knowledge than to live well therefore ofttimes they err and bring forth little fruit or none. -- Thomas A Kempis
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A humble knowledge of ourselves is a surer way to God than is the search for depth of learning. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Caution is crediting, and reserve in speaking, and in revealing one's self to but very few, are the best securities both of a good understanding with the world, and of the inward peace of our own minds. -- Thomas A Kempis
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So fixed are our spirits in slothfulness and cold indifference that we seldom overcome so much as one evil habit. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Always be ready; always live in such a way that death can never find you unprepared. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Always be thou prepared, and so live that death may never find thee unprepared. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Nothing is sweeter than love, nothing stronger or higher or wider, nothing is more pleasant, nothing fuller, and nothing better in heaven or on earth, for love is born of God and cannot rest except in God, Who is created above all things. -- Thomas A Kempis
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A man that is well ordered in his soul needeth little the unkind demeanor of worldly people nor yet their proud behavior. -- Thomas A Kempis
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The only safe ruler is he who has learned to obey willingly. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Satan leaves unbelievers and sinners alone because he already has them in his grip; he goes after believers who are faithful and devout. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Seek a suitable time for thy meditation, and think frequently of the mercies of God to thee. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Do not try to find a place free from temptations and troubles. Rather, seek a peace that endures even when you are beset by various temptations and tried by much adversity. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Love is swift, sincere, pious, joyful, generous, strong, patient, faithful, prudent, long-suffering, courageous, and never seeking its own; for wheresoever a person seeketh his own, there he falleth from love ... -- Thomas A Kempis
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Faith is required of thee, and a sincere life, not loftiness of intellect, nor deepness in the mysteries of God. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Endeavor to be patient in bearing with the defects and infirmities of others, of what sort 'soever they be; for that thyself also has many failings which must be borned with by others. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Gladly we desire to make other men perfect, but we will not amend our own fault. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Of what use is a long life, if we amend so little? Alas, a long life often adds to our sins rather than to our virtue! -- Thomas A Kempis
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If you gave more frequent thought to your death than to a long life, you would unquestionably be more eager to amend your life. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Now is the time to be doing, now is the time to be stirring, now is the time to amend myself. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Though weary, it is not tired: though pressed it is not straightened; though alarmed, it is not confounded; but as a living flame it forces itself upwards and securely passes through all. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Your assignment is to love everyone, accepting all that happens to you. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Love alone makes heavy burdens light and bears in equal balance things pleasing and displeasing. Love bears a heavy burden and does not feel it, and love makes bitter things tasteful and sweet. -- Thomas A Kempis
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We are not wise in ourselves.7 So we must support one another,8 be tolerant of each other,9 help, teach and advise one another. It is in times of trouble that we really discover the true value of our helpers. They do not weaken us, but reveal their true nature. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Love feels no burden, regards not labors, strives toward more than it attains, argues not of impossibility, since it believes that it may and can do all things. -- Thomas A Kempis
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To account nothing of one's self, and to think always kindly and highly of others, this is great and perfect wisdom. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Who has a harder fight than he who is striving to overcome himself. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Thou wilt always rejoice in the evening if thou has spent the day profitably. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Man sees your actions, but God your motives. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Be thankful for the smallest blessing and you will deserve to receive greater. Value the least gifts no less than the greatest, and simple graces as especial favors. If you remember the dignity of the Giver, no gift will seem small or mean. -- Thomas A Kempis
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He that avoideth not small faults, by little and little falleth into greater. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Thou shalt ever joy at eventide if thou spend the day fruitfully. -- Thomas A Kempis
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If you would endeavor, like men of courage, to stand in the battle, surely we would feel the favorable assistance of God from heaven. For he who give the us occasion to fight, to the end we may get the victory, is ready to succor those that fight manfully, and do trust in his grace. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Hence we must support one another, console one another, mutually help, counsel, and advise, for the measure of every man's virtue is best revealed in time of adversity - adversity that does not weaken a man but rather shows what he is. -- Thomas A Kempis
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If you want to learn something that will really help you, learn to see yourself as God sees you and not as you see yourself in the distorted mirror of your own self-importance, -- Thomas A Kempis
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Wherever you go, you will always bear yourself about with you, and so you will always find yourself. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Dispose thyself to patience rather than to comfort, and to the bearing of the cross rather than to gladness. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Cling, therefore, to Jesus in life and death; trust yourself to the glory of Him who alone can help you when all others fail. -- Thomas A Kempis
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The rich of this world will vanish like smoke, and no memory of their past pleasures will remain. But even in their lifetime they do not enjoy them without bitterness, weariness and fear, for the very things whence they derive their pleasures often carry with them the seeds of sorrow. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Trust not to friends and kindred, neither do thou put off the care of thy soul's welfare til hereafter; for men will sooner forget thee than thou art aware of. -- Thomas A Kempis
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The reflections on a day well spent furnish us with joys more pleasing than ten thousand triumphs. -- Thomas A Kempis
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What doth it profit thee to enter into deep discussion concerning the Holy Trinity, if thou lack humility, and be thus displeasing to the Trinity? For verily it is not deep words that make a man holy and upright; -- Thomas A Kempis
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Bodily exercises are to be done discreetly; not to be taken evenly and alike by all men. -- Thomas A Kempis
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When a man beginneth to grow lukewarm, then he feareth a little labour, and willingly accepteth outward consolation; but when he beginneth perfectly to conquer himself and to walk manfully in the way of God, then he counteth as nothing those things which aforetime seemed to be so grievous unto him. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Temptations discover what you are. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Great tranquility of heart is his who cares for neither praise nor blame. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Habit is overcome by habit. -- Thomas A Kempis
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God often gives in one brief moment that which He has for a long time denied. -- Thomas A Kempis
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What difference does it make to you what someone else becomes, or says, or does? You do not need to answer for others, only for yourself. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Wait for the Lord. Behave yourself manfully, and be of good courage. Do not be faithless, but stay in your place and do not turn back. -- Thomas A Kempis
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All men commend patience, although few are willing to practice it. -- Thomas A Kempis
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It is futile to wish for a long life, and then to give so little care to living well. -- Thomas A Kempis
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All Saints have passed through much tribulation and temptation, and have profited thereby. And they who endured not temptation became reprobate and fell away. There is no position so sacred, no place so secret, that it is without temptations and adversities. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Trust not to your feelings for whatever they might be now, they will quickly be changed towards some other thing. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Do not let your peace depend on what people say of you ... True peace and joy is to be found in [Jesus] alone. -- Thomas A Kempis
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To assume you have it all figured out is a warning signal that you aren't humble enough to listen to God and to others. If you refuse to chisel away at arrogant attitudes, trouble lies ahead. You know very little if you claim to have all the answers. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Endeavor to be always patient of the faults and imperfections of others; for thou hast many faults and imperfections of thine own that require forbearance. If thou art not able to make thyself that which thou wishest, how canst thou expect to mold another in conformity to thy will? -- Thomas A Kempis
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Seek not to know who said this or that, but take note of what has been said. -- Thomas A Kempis
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By two wings a man is lifted up from things earthly: by simplicity and purity. -- Thomas A Kempis
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The Lord has many lovers of His crown but few lovers of His Cross. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Jesus has now many lovers of the heavenly kingdom but few bearers of His cross. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Love longs to be free, a stranger to every worldly desire, lest its inner vision become dimmed, and lest worldly self-interest hinder it or ill-fortune cast it down. -- Thomas A Kempis
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He that seeketh anything else but simply God and the salvation of his soul, will find nothing but trouble and sorrow. -- Thomas A Kempis
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A man who truly knows himself realizes his own worthlessness, and takes no pleasure in the praises of men. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Love Jesus and keep Him as your friend. When all others forsake you He will not leave you nor will He allow you to perish on the last day. Whether you like it or not the day will come when you will find yourself separated from everyone and from everything. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Quickly enough we feel and reckon up what we bear at the hands of others, but we reflect not how much others are bearing from us. -- Thomas A Kempis
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The Voice of Christ: My child, this is the disposition which you should have if you wish to walk with Me. You should be as ready to suffer as to enjoy. You should as willingly be destitute and poor as rich and satisfied. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Every man naturally desires knowledge; but what good is knowledge without fear of God? Indeed a humble rustic who serves God is better than a proud intellectual who neglects his soul to study the course of the stars. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Why seekest thou rest when thou art born to labour? Prepare thyself for patience more than for comforts, and for bearing the cross more than for joy. -- Thomas A Kempis
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No one can obtain from the Pope a dispensation for never dying.
[Lat., Nemo impetrare potest a papa bullam numquam moriendi.] -- Thomas A Kempis
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God is able to do more than man can understand. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Whoever finds Jesus, finds a rich treasure, and a good above every good. He who loses Jesus loses much indeed, and more than the whole world. Poorest of all is he who lives without Jesus, and richest of all is he who stands in favor with Jesus. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Esoteric words neither make us holy nor righteous; only a virtuous life makes us beloved of God. I would rather experience repentance in my soul than know how to define it. -- Thomas A Kempis
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What else does anxiety about the future bring you but sorrow upon sorrow? -- Thomas A Kempis
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We may enjoy abundance of peace if we refrain from busying ourselves with the sayings and doings of others, and things which concern not ourselves. -- Thomas A Kempis
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No man doth safely rule, but he that hath learned gladly to obey. -- Thomas A Kempis
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The enemy is more easily overcome if he be not suffered to enter the door of our hearts, but be resisted without the gate at his first knock. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Go where thou wilt, seek what thou wilt, and thou shalt not find a higher way above, nor a safer way below, than the way of the holy Cross.
- Thomas A Kempis (The Following of Christ) -- Thomas A Kempis
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Both above and below, without and within, which way so ever thou dost turn thee, everywhere thou shalt find the Cross; and everywhere of necessity thou must hold fast patience, if thou wilt have inward peace, and enjoy an everlasting crown. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Set me free from evil passions, and heal my heart of all inordinate affections; that being inwardly cured and thoroughly cleansed, I may be made fit to love, courageous to suffer, steady to persevere. -- Thomas A Kempis
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The better you understand yourself the less cause you will find to love yourself. -- Thomas A Kempis
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No man is safe above but he that will gladly be beneath. -- Thomas A Kempis
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If thou canst not make thyself such an one as thou wouldst, how canst thou expect to have another in all things to thy liking? -- Thomas A Kempis
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Those who attempt to search into the majesty of God will be overwhelmed with His Glory! -- Thomas A Kempis
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Old custom is hard to break and scarce any man will be led otherwise than seemeth good unto himself. -- Thomas A Kempis
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If your heart were sincere and upright, every creature would be unto you a looking-glass of life and a book of holy doctrine. -- Thomas A Kempis
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He who knows himself well is mean and abject in his own sight, and takes no delight in the vain praise of men. -- Thomas A Kempis
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He doth much who loveth much. He doth much who doth well. He doth well who ministereth to the public good rather than to his own. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Confidence is the illusion born of accidental success. -- Thomas A Kempis
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If you cast away one cross, you will certainly find another, and perhaps a heavier. -- Thomas A Kempis
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All men are frail; but thou shouldst reckon none so frail as thyself. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Do not read to satisfy curiosity or to pass the time, but study such things as move your heart to devotion. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Beware, therefore, lest thou strive too earnestly after some desire which thou hast conceived, without taking counsel of Me; lest haply it repent thee afterwards, and that displease thee which before pleased, and for which thou didst long as for a great good. -- Thomas A Kempis
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When anger enters the mind, wisdom departs. -- Thomas A Kempis
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You will never be an inwardly religious and devout man unless you pass over in silence the shortcomings of your fellow men, and diligently examine your own weaknesses. -- Thomas A Kempis
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He does much who loves much. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Purity and simplicity are the two wings with which man soars above the earth and all temporary nature. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Man proposes, but God disposes. -- Thomas A Kempis
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It carries a burden which is no burden; it will not be kept back by anything low and mean; it desires to be free from all wordly affections, and not to be entangled by any outward prosperity, or by any adversity subdued. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Be at peace with yourself first and then you will be able to bring peace to others. -- Thomas A Kempis
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A wise lover values not so much the gift of the lover as the love of the giver. -- Thomas A Kempis
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It is not in the nature of man to bear the cross, to love the cross, to keep under the body and to bring it into subjection, to fly from honours, to bear reproaches meekly, to despise self and desire to be despised, to bear all adversities and losses, and to desire no prosperity in this world. -- Thomas A Kempis
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It is vanity, too, to covet honours, and to lift up ourselves on high ... It is vanity, to love that which quickly passeth away and not to hasten where eternal joy abideth -- Thomas A Kempis
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If thou hadst a good conscience thou wouldst not greatly fear death. It were better for thee to watch against sin, than to fly from death. If to-day thou art not ready, how shalt thou be ready to-morrow? To-morrow is an uncertain day; and how knowest thou that thou shalt have a to-morrow? -- Thomas A Kempis
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Let this be thy whole endeavor, this thy prayer, this thy desire,-that thou mayest be stripped of all selfishness, and with entire simplicity follow Jesus only. -- Thomas A Kempis
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The world promises things that are temporal and small, and it is served with great eagerness. I (Christ) promise things that are great and eternal, and the hearts of mortals are slow to stir. -- Thomas A Kempis
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If thou may not continually gather thyself together, do it sometime at least once a day, morning or evening. -- Thomas A Kempis
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A barrage of words does not make the soul happy, but a good life gladdens the mind and a pure conscience generates a bountiful confidence in God. -- Thomas A Kempis
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In Jesus and for Him, enemies and friends alike are to be loved. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Bear patiently your exile and the dryness of your mind. The time will come when I will make you forget these painful moments and you will enjoy inward quietness. I will open the Bible for you and you will be thrilled by your new understanding of my truth. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Salvation by the cross.
[Lat., In cruce salus.] -- Thomas A Kempis
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Nothing will hinder you more than thinking only about yourself. -- Thomas A Kempis
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All earthly joy begins pleasantly, but at the end it gnaws and kills. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Be thankful for the least gift, so shalt thou be meant to receive greater. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Christ was willing to suffer wrongs and to be despised, and do you dare to complain of anything?. -- Thomas A Kempis
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It is vanity to desire a long life, and to have little care for a good life. -- Thomas A Kempis
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It's meaningless to live a long life if you think only about yourself, and give no thought to caring about others. -- Thomas A Kempis
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If you wish to draw profit, read with humility, simplicity, and faith, and never with the design of gaining a reputation for learning. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Let temporal things be in the use, eternal things in the desire. -- Thomas A Kempis
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How seldom we weigh our neighbor in the same balance with ourselves. -- Thomas A Kempis
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And therefore ought each of us to give heed concerning trials and temptations, and watch unto prayer, lest the devil find occasion to deceive; for he never sleepeth, but goeth about seeking whom he may devour. -- Thomas A Kempis
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A life without a purpose is a languid, drifting thing. Every day we ought to renew our purpose, saying to ourselves: This day let us make a sound beginning, for what we have hitherto done is nought. -- Thomas A Kempis
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It is much safer to be subject than it is to command. Many live in obedience more from necessity than from love. Such become discontented and dejected on the slightest pretext; they will never gain peace of mind unless they subject themselves wholeheartedly for the love of God. -- Thomas A Kempis
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He who loveth God with all his heart feareth not death, nor punishment, nor judgment, nor hell, because perfect love giveth sure access to God. But he who still delighteth in sin, no marvel if he is afraid of death and judgment. -- Thomas A Kempis
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The end of all is death and man's life passeth away suddenly as a shadow. -- Thomas A Kempis
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You are a man, not God; you are human, not an angel. How can you expect to remain always in a constant state of virtue, when this was not possible even for an angel of Heaven, nor for the first man in the Garden? -- Thomas A Kempis
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But why do we talk and gossip so continually, seeing that we so rarely resume our silence without some hurt done to our conscience? -- Thomas A Kempis
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I would far rather feel remorse than know how to define it. -- Thomas A Kempis
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He only is truly great, who hath great charity. He is truly great who deemeth himself small, and counteth all height of honour as nothing. -- Thomas A Kempis
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He who loves with purity considers not the gift of the lover, but the love of the giver. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Without labor there is no rest, nor without fighting can the victory be won. -- Thomas A Kempis
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No one is so good that he is immune from temptation. We will never be entirely free from it ... There is no order so holy, no place so secret where there will be no temptation. -- Thomas A Kempis
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The more spiritual a man desires to be, the more bitter does this present life become to him, because he perceives better and sees more clearly the defects of human corruption. -- Thomas A Kempis
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What thou art, that thou art. -- Thomas A Kempis
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You do not grow in holiness because of the praise you receive, nor do you become evil because of the blame poured upon you. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Always keep a good distance between yourself and lying, quarreling, detracting, insulting and gossip. The person who can do that will some day learn to enjoy the silence. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Restrain an inordinate desire for knowledge, in which is found much anxiety and deception. Learned men always wish to appear so, and desire recognition of their wisdom. But there are many matters, knowledge of which brings little or no advantage to the soul. -- Thomas A Kempis
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There is no creature so small and abject, that it representeth not the goodness of God. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Given to thee. If it seemeth to thee that thou knowest many things, and understandest them well, know also that there are many more things which thou knowest -- Thomas A Kempis
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And if thy heart be straight with God then every creature shall be to thee a mirror of life and a book of holy doctrine for there is no creature so little or so despised but that sheweth and representeth the goodness of God. -- Thomas A Kempis
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When comfort is withdrawn, do not be cast down, but humbly and patiently await the visitation of God. He is able and powerful to give you more grace and more spiritual comfort than you first had. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Study, therefore, to withdraw the love of your soul from all things that are visible, and turn it to things that are invisible. -- Thomas A Kempis
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First keep peace with yourself, then you can also bring peace to others. -- Thomas A Kempis
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The more the flesh is wasted by affliction, so much more is the Spirit strengthened by inward grace. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Be Yourself -The man who is neither bent upon pleasing his fellows nor afraid of offending them will enjoy great peace. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Permit no hour to go by without it due improvement. -- Thomas A Kempis
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God evaluates by this criterion: How much love you invest in what you do is more important than how you do. The one who loves much is actually the one who does much. -- Thomas A Kempis
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For they truly know their Lord in the breaking of bread, whose heart within them so vehemently burneth, whilst Thou, O blessed Jesus, dost walk and converse with them. -- Thomas A Kempis
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It is no little wisdom for you to keep yourself in silence and in good peace when evil words are spoken to you, and to turn your heart to God and not to be troubled with the judgment of others. -- Thomas A Kempis
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The Lord bestows his blessings there, where he finds the vessels empty. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Love feels no burden, thinks nothing of its trouble, attempts what is above its strength, pleads no excuse for impossibility, for it thinks all things are lawful for itself and all things are possible -- Thomas A Kempis
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Occasions do not make a man either strong or weak but they show what he is. -- Thomas A Kempis
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How great is the frailty of human nature which is ever prone to evil! Today you confess your sins and tomorrow you again commit the sins which you confessed. -- Thomas A Kempis
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The highest does not stand without the lowest. -- Thomas A Kempis
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In omnibus requiem quaesivi, sed non inveni, nisi in hoexkens ende boexkens"
"I have sought everywhere for peace, but I have found it not save in a little nook and in a little book. -- Thomas A Kempis
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The more humble a man is in himself, and the more obedient towards God, the wiser will he be in all things, and the more shall his soul be at peace. -- Thomas A Kempis
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By two wings is man lifted above earthly things, even by
simplicity and purity. Simplicity ought to be in the intention,
purity in the affection. -- Thomas A Kempis
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What canst thou see elsewhere which thou canst not see here? Behold the heaven and the earth and all the elements; for of these are all things created. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Love is watchful. Sleeping, it does not slumber. Wearied, it is not tired. Pressed, it is not straitened. Alarmed, it is not confused, but like a living flame, a burning torch, it forces its way upward and passes unharmed through every obstacle. -- Thomas A Kempis
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I have often heard, that it is safer to hear and to take counsel, than to give it. -- Thomas A Kempis
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To be able to live peaceably with hard and perverse persons, or with the disorderly, or with such as go contrary to us, is a great grace. -- Thomas A Kempis
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A man of peace does more good than a very learned man. -- Thomas A Kempis
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The glory of the good is in their consciences, and not in the tongues of men. -- Thomas A Kempis
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The devil does not tempt unbelievers and sinners who are already his own. -- Thomas A Kempis
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The beginning of all temptations to evil is instability of temper and want of trust in God; -- Thomas A Kempis
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Grant me prudently to avoid him that flatters me, and to endure patiently him that contradicts me. -- Thomas A Kempis
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How sweet it is to love, and to be dissolved, and as it were to bathe myself in thy love. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Peace and happiness are what you covet, but these are only to be obtained by labor. -- Thomas A Kempis
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For a small reward, a man will hurry away on a long journey; while for eternal life, many will hardly take a single step. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Oh, how great peace and quietness would he possess who should cut off all vain anxiety and place all his confidence in God. -- Thomas A Kempis
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The intention which is fixed on God as its only end will keep people steady in their purposes, and deliver them from being the joke and scorn of fortune. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Love is a mighty power,
a great and complete good.
Love alone lightens every burden, and makes rough places smooth.
It bears every hardship as though it were nothing, and renders
all bitterness sweet and acceptable. -- Thomas A Kempis
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They will forget times of distress. Rough garments will become brilliant while silks and satins lose their sheen. The humble cottage will be more desirable than a palatial home. Patience will be more honorable than power. Obedience will count more than knowledge. -- Thomas A Kempis
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In judging others a man laboreth in vain; he often erreth, and easily falleth into sin; but in judging and examining himself he always laboreth to good purpose. -- Thomas A Kempis
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It is better to feel repentance, than to be able to define it. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Thou art my glory and the exultation of y heart: thou art my hope and refuge in the day of my trouble. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Wheresoever we seek our own, there we fall from love. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Don't think so much about who is for or against you, rather give all your care, that God be with you in everything you do. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Ah, Lord God, thou holy lover of my soul, when thou comest into my heart, all that is within me shall rejoice. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Whoever puts his confidence in men or in any creature is very foolish. -- Thomas A Kempis
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O how quickly passes away the glory of the earth. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Profound theology doesn't make anyone righteous; what pleases me is an exemplary life. Regret for wrongdoing is better than knowing its definition. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Sweet shall be your rest if your heart does not reproach you. -- Thomas A Kempis
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The deepest and most profitable lesson is this,the true knowlege and contempt of ourselves. -- Thomas A Kempis
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To have no opinion of ourselves, and to think always well and highly of others, is great wisdom and perfection. -- Thomas A Kempis
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My child, it will be better for you if you accept my decisions without complaint. Do not ask me to defend my actions or to explain why one person is favored and another seems slighted. The answers to these questions go far beyond your comprehension. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Let not your peace rest in the utterances of men, for whether they put a good or bad construction on your conduct does not make you other than you are. -- Thomas A Kempis
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God hath thus ordered it, that we may learn to bear one another's burdens; for no man is without fault, no man without his burden, no man sufficient of himself, no man wise enough of himself; but we ought to bear with one another, comfort one another, help, instruct, and admonish one another. -- Thomas A Kempis
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I can take credit for only two things: pride and sin. -- Thomas A Kempis
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If thou wilt receive profit, read with humility, simplicity and faith, and seek not at any time the fame of being learned. -- Thomas A Kempis
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It thou seek rest in this life, how wilt thou then attain to the everlasting rest? Dispose not thyself for much rest, but for great patience. Seek true peace
not in earth, but in heaven; not in men, nor in any other creature, but in God alone. -- Thomas A Kempis
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O Lord, you know what is best for me. Let this or that be done, as you please. Give what you will, how much you will, and when you will. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Carry the cross patiently, and with perfect submission; and in the end it shall carry you. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Of two evils, the lesser must always be chosen De duobus malis, minus est semper eligendum -- Thomas A Kempis
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What I have given, I can take away and restore when it pleases Me. What I give remains Mine, and thus when I take it away I take nothing that is yours, for every good gift and every perfect gift is Mine. -- Thomas A Kempis
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It is unthinkable that a man can truly find happiness in this life, if at the same time he views himself as an exile here and sees his soul surrounded by many dangers. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Of two evils we must always choose the least. -- Thomas A Kempis
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All that is in the world is vanity except to love God and serve him only. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Few spirits are made better by the pain and languor of sickness; as few great pilgrims become eminent saints. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Love flies, runs, and rejoices; it is free and nothing can hold it back. -- Thomas A Kempis
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We are sometimes stirred by emotion and take it for zeal. -- Thomas A Kempis
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We should have much more peace if we would not busy ourselves with the sayings and doings of others. -- Thomas A Kempis
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He who would weigh well and rightly his own doings would not be the man to judge severely of another. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Have therefore zeal to better thyself and then mayst thou have zeal to thy neighbor. -- Thomas A Kempis
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A humble knowledge of thyself is a surer way to God than a deep search after learning. -- Thomas A Kempis
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No one is qualified to converse in public except those contented to do without such conversation. -- Thomas A Kempis
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All men desire peace, but very few desire those things that make for peace. -- Thomas A Kempis
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He rides pleasantly enough whom the grace of God carries. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Greater is Your care for me than all the care I am able to take from myself. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Habit is overcome by habit.
[Lat., Consuetudo consuetudine vincitur.] -- Thomas A Kempis
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If thou knewest the whole Bible, and the sayings of all the philosophers, what should all this profit thee without the love and grace of God? -- Thomas A Kempis
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We would be well on the way to perfection if we could weed out one vice from ourselves each year. -- Thomas A Kempis
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He that loveth, flieth, runneth, and rejoiceth. He is free, and cannot be held in. He giveth all for all, and hath all in all, because he resteth in one highest above all things, from whom all that is good flows and proceeds. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Rest from inordinate desire or knowledge, for therein is found much distraction and deceit. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Everywhere I have sought peace and not found it, except in a corner with a book. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Because our hearts are frivolous and because we ignore our faults we never discover the sickness in our souls, but idly we laugh when we have full reason to weep. -- Thomas A Kempis
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In the morning fix thy good purpose; and at night examine thyself what thou hast done, how thou hast behaved thyself in word, deed, and thought. -- Thomas A Kempis
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There is naturally in every man a desire to know, but what profiteth knowledge without the fear of God? -- Thomas A Kempis
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He who loveth Jesus, and is inwardly true and free from inordinate affections, is able to turn himself readily unto God, and to rise above himself in spirit, and to enjoy fruitful peace. -- Thomas A Kempis
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If you cannot mould yourself entirely as you would wish, how can you expect other people to be entirely to your liking? -- Thomas A Kempis
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For it is the grace of Christ, and not our own virtue, that gives us the power to overcome the flesh and the world. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Two things specially avail unto improvement in holiness, namely firmness to withdraw ourselves from the sin to which by nature we are most inclined, and earnest zeal for that good in which we are most lacking. -- Thomas A Kempis
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As often as I have been among men, I have returned home a lesser man. -- Thomas A Kempis
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The loftier the building, the deeper must the foundation be laid. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Nothing, how little so ever it be, if it is suffered for God's sake, can pass without merit in the sight of God. -- Thomas A Kempis
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As iron put into the fire loseth its rust and becometh clearly red-hot, so he that wholly turneth himself unto God puts off all slothfulness, and is transformed into a new man. -- Thomas A Kempis
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What most of all hinders heavenly consolation is that you are too slow in turning yourself to prayer. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Remember always your end, and that lost time does not return. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Constantly choose rather to want less, than to have more. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Would to God that we might spend a single day really well! -- Thomas A Kempis
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Bear the Cross cheerfully and it will bear you. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Many deceive themselves, imagining they'll find happiness in change. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Gaudete in Domino semper." (A.D. Phil. 4:4.) "Rejoice in the Lord always. -- Thomas A Kempis
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As iron cast into fire loses its rust and becomes glowing white, so he who turns completely to God is stripped of his sluggishness and changed into a new man. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Out of sight, out of mind. The absent are always in the wrong. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Is a man one whit the better because he is grown great in other men's esteem? -- Thomas A Kempis
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Our dependence upon God ought to be so entire and absolute that we should never think it necessary, in any kind of distress, to have recourse to human consolations. -- Thomas A Kempis
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If you carry your cross joyfully, it will carry you. -- Thomas A Kempis
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If thou hadst simplicity and purity, thou wouldst be able to comprehend all things without error, and behold them without danger. The pure heart safely pervades not only heaven, but hell. -- Thomas A Kempis
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It is better for you to live privately and take care of yourself than it is to neglect your soul even though you could work wonders in the world. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Simplicity is the intention, purity in the affection; simplicity turns to God, purity unites with and enjoys him. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Whoever strives to withdraw from obedience, withdraws from grace. -- Thomas A Kempis
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If you seek Jesus in all things you will surely find Jesus. And if you seek yourself, you will surely find yourself, but only to your ruin. -- Thomas A Kempis
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We must imitate Christ's life and his ways if we are to be truly enlightened and set free from the darkness of our own hearts. Let it be the most important thing we do, then, to reflect on the life of Jesus Christ. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Whoever loves much, does much... -- Thomas A Kempis
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Without the way, there is no going; without the truth, there is no knowing; without the life, there is no living. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Don't flatter the rich, or appear to willing before the great. -- Thomas A Kempis
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He is truly great who is little in his own eyes and makes nothing of the highest -- Thomas A Kempis
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Two wings lift a person up from earthly concerns: Simplicity in intention, and Purity in feeling. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Simplicity and purity are the two wings by which a man is lifted above all earthly things. Simplicity is in the intention - purity in the affection. Simplicity tends to God,- purity apprehends and tastes Him. -- Thomas A Kempis
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How quickly passes away the glory of this world. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Whatsoever is done in charity, however small and of no reputation it be, bringeth forth good fruit. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Count not thyself to have found true peace, if thou hast felt no grief; nor that then all is well if thou hast no adversary; nor that this is perfect, if all things fall out according to thy desire. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Set not thyself to attain much rest, but much patience. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Praise adds nothing to your holiness, nor does blame take anything from it. You are what you are, and you cannot be said to be better than you are in God's sight. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Oh, how swiftly the glory of the world passes away! -- Thomas A Kempis
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Whatever you do, do it with intelligence, and keep the end in view. -- Thomas A Kempis
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The highest in God's esteem are the lowest in their own. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Pass no rash condemnation on other peoples words or actions. -- Thomas A Kempis
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When life feels heavy, these two remedies relieve life's complexities: simplicity and purity. Simplicity seeks God. Purity enjoys him. -- Thomas A Kempis
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He is truly great that is little in himself, and that maketh no account of any height of honors. -- Thomas A Kempis
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The humble live in continuous peace, while in the hearts of the proud are envy and frequent anger. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Do not interfere when your opinion is not sought. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Do what lieth in thy power, and God will assist in thy good will. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Although I know nothing against myself, yet I am not hereby justified,(4) because if Thy mercy were removed away, in Thy sight should no man living be justified.(5) -- Thomas A Kempis
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My Son, take it not sadly to heart, if any think ill of thee, and say of thee what thou art unwilling to hear. -- Thomas A Kempis
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If God were our one and only desire we would not be so easily upset when our opinions do not find outside acceptance. -- Thomas A Kempis
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It is better to be affected with a true penitent sorrow for sin than to be able to resolve the most difficult cases about it. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Too many instances there are of daring men, who by presuming to sound the deep things of religion, have cavilled and argued themselves out of all religion. -- Thomas A Kempis
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No confict is so severe as his who labors to subdue himself. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Activate yourself to duty by remembering your position, who you are, and what you have obliged yourself to be. -- Thomas A Kempis
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It is much safer to obey than to rule. -- Thomas A Kempis
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If thou art willing to suffer no adversity, how wilt thou be the friend of Christ? -- Thomas A Kempis
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Simplicity reaches out after God; purity discovers and enjoys Him. -- Thomas A Kempis
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We feel and weigh soon enough what we suffer from others: but how much others suffer from us, of this we take no heed. -- Thomas A Kempis
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He who shunneth not small faults falleth little by little into greater. -- Thomas A Kempis
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No man is without his load of trouble. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Many things there are to know which profiteth little or nothing to the soul. -- Thomas A Kempis
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The acknowledgment of our weakness is the first step in repairing our loss. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Let all things be loved for the sake of Jesus, but Jesus for His own sake. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Learn to humble yourself, you are but earth and clay. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Oh, how quickly the world's glory passes away. -- Thomas A Kempis
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For man plans, but God arranges. -- Thomas A Kempis
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What thou art, that thou art; that God knoweth thee to be and thou canst be said to be no greater. -- Thomas A Kempis
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If you bear the cross gladly, it will bear you. -- Thomas A Kempis
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How should thy patience be crowned in heaven if none adversity should befall to thee in earth? If thou wilt suffer none adversity how mayest thou be the friend of Christ? -- Thomas A Kempis
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Scruples, temptations, and fears, and cutting perplexities of the heart, are often the lot of the most excellent persons. -- Thomas A Kempis
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And when he is out of sight, quickly also he is out of mind. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Remember that lost time does not return. -- Thomas A Kempis
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He does much who loves God much, and he does much who does his deed well, and he does his deed well who does it rather for the common good than for his own will. -- Thomas A Kempis
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At the Day of Judgement we shall not be asked what we have read but what we have done. -- Thomas A Kempis
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We shall not be asked what we have read but what we have done; not how well we have spoken but how well we have lived. -- Thomas A Kempis
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If you wish to live in peace and harmony with others, you must learn to discipline yourself in many ways. -- Thomas A Kempis
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So passes away the glory of this world. ('Sic transit gloria mundi.') -- Thomas A Kempis
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Sic Transit Gloria Mundi (Thus passes the glory of the world). -- Thomas A Kempis
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Remember, your prerogative is to govern, and not to serve the things of this world. -- Thomas A Kempis
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I would rather feel contrition than know how to define it. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Such as every man is inwardly so he judgeth outwardly. -- Thomas A Kempis
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We are often moved with passion and think it to be zeal. -- Thomas A Kempis
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To walk inwardly with God, and not to be held by any outer affections, is the state of a spiritual man. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Never be entirely idle; but either be reading, or writing, or praying, or meditating, or endeavoring something for the public good. -- Thomas A Kempis
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The man who is not yet wholly dead to self, is soon tempted, and is overcome in small and trifling matters. -- Thomas A Kempis
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If it seemeth to thee that thou knowest many things, and understandest them well, know also that there are many more things which thou knowest not. -- Thomas A Kempis
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If, with a single glance, you could see everything in the world spread out before your eyes, how fruitless a sight that would be! Raise your eyes to God on high and pray for your sins and deficiencies. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Some people are tempted most strongly at the beginning of their spiritual life, others near the end. Some are troubled all their lives. Still others receive only light temptation. Such things are decided by God, and we can trust his wisdom. -- Thomas A Kempis
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May not be your peace in the mouth of the men; since no matter if they thing good or bad about you, you should not be a different man because of that. -- Thomas A Kempis
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We usually know what we can do, but temptation shows us who we are. -- Thomas A Kempis
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God often grants in a moment what He has long denied. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Love Him, and keep Him for thy Friend, who, when all go away, will not forsake thee, nor suffer thee to perish at the last. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Grace is the mastery of truth, the teacher of discipline, the light of the heart, the comforter of affliction, the banisher of sorrow, the nurse of devotion. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Occasions of adversity best discover how great virtue or strength each one hath. For occasions do not make a man frail, but they show what he is. -- Thomas A Kempis
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It is not really a small thing when in small things we resist self. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Many are secretly seeking their own ends in what they do, yet know it not. -- Thomas A Kempis
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The more and better thou knowest, the more heavy will be thy judgment unless thy life be also more holy. -- Thomas A Kempis
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No man ruleth safely but he that is willingly ruled. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Do not let the writer's authority or learning influence you, be it little or great, but let the love of pure truth attract you to read. Do not ask, 'Who said this?' but pay attention to what is said. -- Thomas A Kempis
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A wise and good man will turn examples of all sorts to his own advantage. The good he will make his patterns, and strive to equal or excel them. The bad he will by all means avoid. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Thy peace shall be in much patience. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Learned arguments do not make a man holy and righteous, whereas a good life makes him dear to God. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Intelligence must follow faith, never precede it, and never destroy it. -- Thomas A Kempis
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All Scripture ought to be read in the spirit in which it was written. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Know all and you will pardon all. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Blessed are the simple, for they shall have much peace. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Let temporal things serve thy use, but the eternal be the object of thy desire. -- Thomas A Kempis
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A man is hindered and distracted in proportion as he draws outward things to himself. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Fight like a man. Habit is overcome by habit. -- Thomas A Kempis
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This is great wisdom, not to be hasty in action, or stubborn in our own opinions. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Renounce all things, and thou shalt find all things; give up thy lust, and thou shalt find rest. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Carefully avoid in yourself those things which distrub you in others. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Know thou of a surety that thou oughtest to lead the life of a dying man. And the more a man dieth to himself, the more he beginneth to live towards God. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Sometimes my sin is not what I do; it also describes what I don't do when I know I should. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Man considers the actions, but God weighs the intentions. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Whoever would fully and feelingly understand the words of Christ, must endeavor to conform his life wholly to the life of Christ. -- Thomas A Kempis
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All is vanity but to love God and serve Him. -- Thomas A Kempis
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He will easily be content and at peace, whose conscience is pure. -- Thomas A Kempis
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Happy is the man who renounces everything which may bring a stain or burden upon his conscience -- Thomas A Kempis
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He is truly great who hath a great charity. -- Thomas A Kempis
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It is thy duty often times to do what thou wouldst not; thy duty too, to leave undone that thou wouldst do. -- Thomas A Kempis