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The highest in God's esteem are the lowest in their own.
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
Highest
Lowest
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God
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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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A life without purpose is a languid, drifting thing Every day we ought to review our purpose, saying to ourselves: This day let me make a sound beginning, for what we have hitherto done is naught!
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Restrain an inordinate desire for knowledge, in which is found much anxiety and deception. Learned men always wish to appear so, and desire recognition of their wisdom. But there are many matters, knowledge of which brings little or no advantage to the soul.
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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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God deceiveth thee not.
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By two wings a man is lifted up from things earthly: by simplicity and purity.
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We usually know what we can do, but temptation shows us who we are.
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Never be entirely idle but either be reading, or writing, or praying or meditating or endeavoring something for the public good.
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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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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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If you bear the cross unwillingly, you make it a burden, and load yourself more heavily but you must bear it.
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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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Praise adds nothing to your holiness, nor does blame take anything from it. You are what you are, and you cannot be said to be better than you are in God's sight.
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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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It is easier not to speak a word at all than to speak more words than we should.
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