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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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THOMAS à KEMPIS All that is in the world is vanity except to love God and serve him only.
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THOMAS à KEMPIS By two wings is man lifted above earthly things, even by
simplicity and purity. Simplicity ough...
THOMAS à KEMPIS God hath thus ordered it, that we may learn to bear one another’s burdens; for no man is without f...
THOMAS à KEMPIS Jesus has now many lovers of the heavenly kingdom but few bearers of His cross.
THOMAS à KEMPIS All men desire peace, but very few desire those things that make for peace.
THOMAS à KEMPIS Wherever you go, there you are.
THOMAS à KEMPIS At the Day of Judgement we shall not be asked what we have read but what we have done.
THOMAS à KEMPIS A wise lover values not so much the gift of the lover as the love of the giver.
THOMAS à KEMPIS A lowly knowledge of thyself is a surer way to God than the deep searching of a man’s learnings. N...
THOMAS à KEMPIS It is vanity, too, to covet honours, and to lift up ourselves on high...It is vanity, to love that w...
THOMAS à KEMPIS There is naturally in every man a desire to know, but what profiteth knowledge without the fear of G...
THOMAS à KEMPIS The cross, therefore, is always ready; it awaits you everywhere. No matter where you may go, you can...
THOMAS à KEMPIS Let all your thoughts be with the Most High, and direct your humble prayers unceasingly to Christ. I...
THOMAS à KEMPIS If you desire to know or learn anything to your advantage, then take delight in being unknown and un...
THOMAS à KEMPIS Grant me prudently to avoid him that flatters me, and to endure patiently him that contradicts me.
THOMAS à KEMPIS For a small reward, a man will hurry away on a long journey; while for eternal life, many will hardl...
THOMAS à KEMPIS No man safely goeth abroad who loveth not to rest at home. No man safely talketh but he who loveth t...
THOMAS À KEMPIS Feast of Mary, Martha & Lazarus, Companions of Our Lord True it is that every man willingly foll...
THOMAS À KEMPIS Commemoration of Thomas à Kempis, priest, spiritual writer, 1471 Be not angry that you c...
THOMAS À KEMPIS Feast of Leo the Great, Bishop of Rome, 461 If we would put some slight stress on ourselves at th...
THOMAS À KEMPIS The more a man hath unity and simplicity in himself, the more things and the deeper things he unders...
THOMAS À KEMPIS It is Truth which we must look for in Holy Writ, not cunning of words. All Scripture ought to be rea...
THOMAS À KEMPIS At the Day of Judgment, we shall not be asked what we have read, but what we have done.
THOMAS À KEMPIS He who loveth God with all his heart feareth not death, nor punishment, nor judgment, nor hell, beca...
THOMAS À KEMPIS Feast of the Holy Cross When you hear someone saying unworthy and hard words of you, then it is g...
THOMAS À KEMPIS Commemoration of Bridget of Sweden, Abbess of Vadstena, 1373 "In pastures green"? Not always; somet...
THOMAS À KEMPIS Feast of Richard of Chichester, Bishop, 1253 Commemoration of Joseph Butler, Bishop of Durham, Moral...
THOMAS À KEMPIS Thou wilt never be spiritually minded and godly unless thou art silent concerning other men's matter...
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