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Old custom is hard to break and scarce any man will be led otherwise than seemeth good unto himself.
Thomas a Kempis
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Thomas a Kempis
Died: 1471
Died: January 1
Catholic Priest
Clergyman
Philosopher
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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
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When comfort is withdrawn, do not be cast down, but humbly and patiently await the visitation of God. He is able and powerful to give you more grace and more spiritual comfort than you first had.
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Let not your peace rest in the utterances of men, for whether they put a good or bad construction on your conduct does not make you other than you are.
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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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Occasions of adversity best discover how great virtue or strength each one hath. For occasions do not make a man frail, but they show what he is.
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No one is qualified to converse in public except those contented to do without such conversation.
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First keep peace with yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.
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Oh, how swiftly the glory of the world passes away!
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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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There is no man in this world without some manner of tribulation or anguish, though he be king or pope.
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Be therefore thankful for the least gift, so shalt thou be worthy to receive greater.
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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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Gladly we desire to make other men perfect, but we will not amend our own fault.
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Always be thou prepared, and so live that death may never find thee unprepared.
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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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Without labor there is no rest, nor without fighting can the victory be won.
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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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Whoever finds Jesus, finds a rich treasure, and a good above every good. He who loses Jesus loses much indeed, and more than the whole world. Poorest of all is he who lives without Jesus, and richest of all is he who stands in favor with Jesus.
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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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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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If thou wilt receive profit, read with humility, simplicity and faith, and seek not at any time the fame of being learned.
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