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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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Thy peace shall be in much patience.
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My child, it will be better for you if you accept my decisions without complaint. Do not ask me to defend my actions or to explain why one person is favored and another seems slighted. The answers to these questions go far beyond your comprehension.
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Constantly choose rather to want less, than to have more.
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The acknowledgment of our weakness is the first step in repairing our loss.
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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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I have sought for happiness everywhere, but I have found it nowhere except in a little corner with a little book.
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Of two evils we must always choose the least.
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All earthly joy begins pleasantly, but at the end it gnaws and kills.
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A wise and good man will turn examples of all sorts to his own advantage. The good he will make his patterns, and strive to equal or excel them. The bad he will by all means avoid.
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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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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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Renounce all things, and thou shalt find all things give up thy lust, and thou shalt find rest.
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Always be thou prepared, and so live that death may never find thee unprepared.
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Thou shalt rest sweetly if thy heart condemn thee not.
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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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