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Many deceive themselves, imagining they'll find happiness in change.
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 Haemerkken
Thomas Hammerlein
Thomas Hemerken
Thomas Hämerken
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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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It carries a burden which is no burden it will not be kept back by anything low and mean it desires to be free from all wordly affections, and not to be entangled by any outward prosperity, or by any adversity subdued.
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Remember, your prerogative is to govern, and not to serve the things of this world.
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Let temporal things serve thy use, but the eternal be the object of thy desire.
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Leave off that excessive desire of knowing therein is found much distraction. There are many things the knowledge of which is of little or no profit to the soul.
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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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You are a man, not God you are human, not an angel. How can you expect to remain always in a constant state of virtue, when this was not possible even for an angel of Heaven, nor for the first man in the Garden?
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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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Blessed are the simple, for they shall have much peace.
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First keep peace with yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.
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It is vanity to desire a long life and to take no heed of a good life.
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But because many endeavor to get knowledge rather than to live well, they are often deceived and reap little or no benefit from their labor.
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God deceiveth thee not.
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It is better to feel repentance, than to be able to define it.
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All is vanity but to love God and serve Him.
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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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The humble live in continuous peace, while in the hearts of the proud are envy and frequent anger.
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Let nothing disturb thee, Let nothing affright thee All passeth away: God only shall stay. Patience wins all: Who hath God, needeth nothing For God is his All.
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