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Intelligence must follow faith, never precede it. and never destroy it.
THOMAS KEMPIS Intelligence must follow faith, never precede it, and never destroy it.
THOMAS KEMPIS Intelligence must follow faith, never precede it, and never destroy it.
THOMAS KEMPIS Intelligence must follow faith, never precede it, and never destroy it
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AMIT KALANTRI <...> I’ve
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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 &AGRAVE; KEMPIS Feast of Mary, Martha & Lazarus, Companions of Our Lord True it is that every man willingly foll...
THOMAS &AGRAVE; KEMPIS Commemoration of Thomas à Kempis, priest, spiritual writer, 1471 Be not angry that you c...
THOMAS &AGRAVE; KEMPIS Feast of Leo the Great, Bishop of Rome, 461 If we would put some slight stress on ourselves at th...
THOMAS &AGRAVE; KEMPIS The more a man hath unity and simplicity in himself, the more things and the deeper things he unders...
THOMAS &AGRAVE; KEMPIS It is Truth which we must look for in Holy Writ, not cunning of words. All Scripture ought to be rea...
THOMAS &AGRAVE; KEMPIS At the Day of Judgment, we shall not be asked what we have read, but what we have done.
THOMAS &AGRAVE; KEMPIS He who loveth God with all his heart feareth not death, nor punishment, nor judgment, nor hell, beca...
THOMAS &AGRAVE; KEMPIS Feast of the Holy Cross When you hear someone saying unworthy and hard words of you, then it is g...
THOMAS &AGRAVE; KEMPIS Commemoration of Bridget of Sweden, Abbess of Vadstena, 1373 "In pastures green"? Not always; somet...
THOMAS &AGRAVE; KEMPIS Feast of Richard of Chichester, Bishop, 1253 Commemoration of Joseph Butler, Bishop of Durham, Moral...
THOMAS &AGRAVE; KEMPIS Thou wilt never be spiritually minded and godly unless thou art silent concerning other men's matter...
THOMAS &AGRAVE; KEMPIS