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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
Clergyman
Philosopher
Poet
Theologian
Writer
Jacksonville
Florida
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Thomas Haemerkken
Thomas Hammerlein
Thomas Hemerken
Thomas Hämerken
Malleolus
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Simplicity reaches out after God purity discovers and enjoys Him.
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Thy peace shall be in much patience.
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If God were our one and only desire we would not be so easily upset when our opinions do not find outside acceptance.
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What else does anxiety about the future bring you but sorrow upon sorrow?
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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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Grant me prudently to avoid him that flatters me, and to endure patiently him that contradicts me.
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We usually know what we can do, but temptation shows us who we are.
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If you wish to live in peace and harmony with others, you must learn to discipline yourself in many ways.
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In the morning fix thy good purpose and at night examine thyself what thou hast done, how thou hast behaved thyself in word, deed, and thought.
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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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By two wings a man is lifted up from things earthly: by simplicity and purity.
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Oh, how great peace and quietness would he possess who should cut off all vain anxiety and place all his confidence in God.
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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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Whoever strives to withdraw from obedience, withdraws from grace.
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Man sees your actions, but God your motives.
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What thou art, that thou art that God knoweth thee to be and thou canst be said to be no greater.
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Ah, Lord God, thou holy lover of my soul, when thou comest into my heart, all that is within me shall rejoice.
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The measure of every man’s virtue is best revealed in time of adversity - adversity that does not weaken a man but rather shows what he is.
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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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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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