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If thou wilt receive profit, read with humility, simplicity and faith, and seek not at any time the fame of being learned.
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 Hammerlein
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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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Is a man one whit the better because he is grown great in other men's esteem?
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Love is swift, sincere, pious, joyful, generous, strong, patient, faithful, prudent, long-suffering, courageous, and never seeking its own for wheresoever a person seeketh his own, there he falleth from love.
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The more spiritual a man desires to be, the more bitter does his present life become to him because he sees more clearly and perceives more sensibly the defects of human corruption.
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How seldom we weigh our neighbor in the same balance with ourselves.
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If you seek Jesus in all things you will surely find Jesus. And if you seek yourself, you will surely find yourself, but only to your ruin.
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Love alone makes heavy burdens light and bears in equal balance things pleasing and displeasing. Love bears a heavy burden and does not feel it, and love makes bitter things tasteful and sweet.
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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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Whoever strives to withdraw from obedience, withdraws from grace.
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Blessed are the simple, for they shall have much peace.
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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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All His glory and beauty come from within, and there He delights to dwell, His visits there are frequent, His conversation sweet, His comforts refreshing and His peace passing all understanding.
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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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Be therefore thankful for the least gift, so shalt thou be worthy to receive greater.
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Man considers the actions, but God weighs the intentions.
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The highest in God's esteem are the lowest in their own.
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Oh, how swiftly the glory of the world passes away!
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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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Thou shalt ever joy at eventide if thou spend the day fruitfully.
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What difference does it make to you what someone else becomes, or says, or does? You do not need to answer for others, only for yourself.
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