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No man ruleth safely but he that is willingly ruled.
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
Willingly
Safely
Ruled
Men
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To say that I am made in the image of God is to say that love is the reason for my existence, for God is love.
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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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If you wish to live in peace and harmony with others, you must learn to discipline yourself in many ways.
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Old custom is hard to break and scarce any man will be led otherwise than seemeth good unto himself.
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The more the flesh is wasted by affliction, so much more is the Spirit strengthened by inward grace.
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Simplicity reaches out after God purity discovers and enjoys 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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Christ willed to suffer and be despised and do you dare complain of the same? Christ had adversaries and backbiters and do you wish to have all men your friends and benefactors? When shall your patience attain her crown if no adversity befalls you? If you are willing to suffer naught that is against you, how will you be the friend of Christ?
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No man doth safely rule, but he that hath learned gladly to obey.
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Do not interfere when your opinion is not sought.
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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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Peace and happiness are what you covet, but these are only to be obtained by labor.
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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.
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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.
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Out of two evils, the less is always to be chosen.
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Love is a great thing, a good above all others, which alone maketh every burden light.
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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.
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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.
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What thou art, that thou art.
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For things that worth little or nothing we care a lot and we oversight what is necessary because every man goes towards the exterior and if he doesn't regain consciousness quickly, with pleasure remain involved in it.
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