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To say that I am made in the image of God is to say that love is the reason for my existence, for God is love.

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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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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Who has a harder fight than he who is striving to overcome himself.
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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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How seldom we weigh our neighbor in the same balance with ourselves.
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Happy is the man who renounces everything which may bring a stain or burden upon his conscience
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Therefore, a man ought to root himself so firmly in God that he will not need the consolations of men.
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Be therefore thankful for the least gift, so shalt thou be worthy to receive greater.
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Why seekest thou rest, since thou art born to labor? [Lat., Cur quaeris quietem, quam natus sis ad laborem?]
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Be assured that if you knew all, you would pardon all.
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Trust not to friends and kindred, neither do thou put off the care of thy soul's welfare til hereafter for men will sooner forget thee than thou art aware of.
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He rides pleasantly enough whom the grace of God carries.
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For they truly know their Lord in the breaking of bread, whose heart within them so vehemently burneth, whilst Thou, O blessed Jesus, dost walk and converse with them.
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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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No confict is so severe as his who labors to subdue himself.
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No one is so good that he is immune from temptation. We will never be entirely free from it. . . . There is no order so holy, no place so secret where there will be no temptation.
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Man sees your actions, but God your motives.
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When anger enters the mind, wisdom departs.
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Learned arguments do not make a man holy and righteous, whereas a good life makes him dear to God.
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Thou art my glory and the exultation of y heart: thou art my hope and refuge in the day of my trouble.
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Whoever strives to withdraw from obedience, withdraws from grace.
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