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Great tranquility of heart is his who cares for neither praise nor blame.
Thomas a Kempis
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Thomas a Kempis
Died: 1471
Died: January 1
Catholic Priest
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Jacksonville
Florida
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Thomas Hammerlein
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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.
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Why seekest thou rest, since thou art born to labor? [Lat., Cur quaeris quietem, quam natus sis ad laborem?]
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If you wish to live in peace and harmony with others, you must learn to discipline yourself in many ways.
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For nothing, how little soever, that is suffered for God's sake, can pass without merit in the sight of God.
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What else does anxiety about the future bring you but sorrow upon sorrow?
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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.
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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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It is easier not to speak a word at all than to speak more words than we should.
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Therefore, a man ought to root himself so firmly in God that he will not need the consolations of men.
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Know all and you will pardon all.
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The more spiritual a man desires to be, the more bitter does his present life become to him because he sees more clearly and perceives more sensibly the defects of human corruption.
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Love is active and sincere, courageous, patient, faithful, prudent and manly.
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When anger enters the mind, wisdom departs.
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Out of sight, out of mind. The absent are always in the wrong.
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Happy is the man who renounces everything which may bring a stain or burden upon his conscience
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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.
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He will be with you also, all the way, that faithful God. Every morning when you awaken to the old and tolerable pain, at every mile of the hot uphill dusty road of tiring duty, on to the judgment seat, the same Christ there as ever, still loving you, still sufficient for you, even then. And then, on through all eternity.
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Be at peace with yourself first and then you will be able to bring peace to others.
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Whoever strives to withdraw from obedience, withdraws from grace.
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All earthly joy begins pleasantly, but at the end it gnaws and kills.
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