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Have therefore zeal to better thyself and then mayst thou have zeal to thy neighbor.
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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Grant me prudently to avoid him that flatters me, and to endure patiently him that contradicts me.
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Love feels no burden, thinks nothing of trouble, attempts what is above its strength, pleads no excuse of impossibility for it thinks all things lawful for itself, and all things possible.
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Be thankful for the smallest blessing and you will deserve to receive greater. Value the least gifts no less than the greatest, and simple graces as especial favors. If you remember the dignity of the Giver, no gift will seem small or mean.
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Out of sight, out of mind. The absent are always in the wrong.
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The more humble and obedient to God a man is, the more wise and at peace he will be in all that he does.
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If your heart were sincere and upright, every creature would be unto you a looking-glass of life and a book of holy doctrine.
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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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We usually know what we can do, but temptation shows us who we are.
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Carry the cross patiently, and with perfect submission and in the end it shall carry you.
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Christ willed to suffer and be despised and do you dare complain of the same? Christ had adversaries and backbiters and do you wish to have all men your friends and benefactors? When shall your patience attain her crown if no adversity befalls you? If you are willing to suffer naught that is against you, how will you be the friend of Christ?
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Be assured that if you knew all, you would pardon all.
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