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Dispose thyself to patience rather than to comfort, and to the bearing of the cross rather than to gladness.
Thomas a Kempis
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Thomas a Kempis
Died: 1471
Died: January 1
Catholic Priest
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Philosopher
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Theologian
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Jacksonville
Florida
Thomas von Kempen
Thomas Haemerkken
Thomas Hammerlein
Thomas Hemerken
Thomas Hämerken
Malleolus
Thomas a Kempis
Thomas von Kempen à Kempis
Hämerkin
Hämmerlein
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If thou may not continually gather thyself together, do it sometime at least once a day, morning or evening.
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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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Who is so wise as to have a perfect knowledge of all things? Therefore trust not too much to thine own opinion, but be ready also to hear the opinion of others. Thought thine own opinion be good, yet if for the love of God thou foregoest it, and followest that of another, thou shalt the more profit thereby.
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If God were our one and only desire we would not be so easily upset when our opinions do not find outside acceptance.
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Always be ready always live in such a way that death can never find you unprepared.
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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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We are sometimes stirred by emotion and take it for zeal.
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Be assured that if you knew all, you would pardon all.
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Grant me prudently to avoid him that flatters me, and to endure patiently him that contradicts me.
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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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Do not interfere when your opinion is not sought.
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