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First keep peace with yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.

Thomas a Kempis

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Thomas a Kempis
Died: 1471
Died: January 1
Catholic Priest
Clergyman
Philosopher
Poet
Theologian
Writer
Jacksonville
Florida
Thomas von Kempen
Thomas Haemerkken
Thomas Hammerlein
Thomas Hemerken
Thomas Hämerken
Malleolus
Thomas a Kempis
Thomas von Kempen à Kempis
Hämerkin
Hämmerlein
Peace
Keep
Others
Also
Firsts
First
Tranquility
Bring

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Don't flatter the rich, or appear to willing before the great.
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No man doth safely rule, but he that hath learned gladly to obey.
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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.
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Be assured that if you knew all, you would pardon all.
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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.
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The loftier the building, the deeper must the foundation be laid.
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Do not interfere when your opinion is not sought.
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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.
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It is easier not to speak a word at all than to speak more words than we should.
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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.
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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.
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Always be thou prepared, and so live that death may never find thee unprepared.
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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.
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Is a man one whit the better because he is grown great in other men's esteem?
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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.
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Love makes everything that is heavy light.
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Always be ready always live in such a way that death can never find you unprepared.
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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.
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He is truly great that is great in charity. He is truly great that is little in himself, and maketh no account of any height of honor. And he is truly learned that doeth the will of God, and forsaketh his own will.
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