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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
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Jacksonville
Florida
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Thomas Hammerlein
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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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Scruples, temptations, and fears, and cutting perplexities of the heart, are often the lot of the most excellent persons.
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Do what lieth in thy power, and God will assist in thy good will.
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Let temporal things serve thy use, but the eternal be the object of thy desire.
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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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Whoever strives to withdraw from obedience, withdraws from grace.
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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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Some people are tempted most strongly at the beginning of their spiritual life, others near the end. Some are troubled all their lives. Still others receive only light temptation. Such things are decided by God, and we can trust his wisdom.
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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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Have therefore zeal to better thyself and then mayst thou have zeal to thy neighbor.
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Oh, how quickly the world's glory passes away.
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Peace and happiness are what you covet, but these are only to be obtained by labor.
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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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Gladly we desire to make other men perfect, but we will not amend our own fault.
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Never be entirely idle but either be reading, or writing, or praying or meditating or endeavoring something for the public good.
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Intelligence must follow faith, never precede it, and never destroy it.
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For things that worth little or nothing we care a lot and we oversight what is necessary because every man goes towards the exterior and if he doesn't regain consciousness quickly, with pleasure remain involved in it.
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Of two evils we must always choose the least.
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Whatever you do, do it with intelligence, and keep the end in view.
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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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