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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
Poet
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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Love flies, runs, and rejoices it is free and nothing can hold it back.
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Thou shalt rest sweetly if thy heart condemn thee not.
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How seldom we weigh our neighbor in the same balance with ourselves.
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If you bear the cross unwillingly, you make it a burden, and load yourself more heavily but you must bear it.
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It is better to feel repentance, than to be able to define it.
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Oh, how quickly the world's glory passes away.
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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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Of two evils we must always choose the least.
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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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If you would endeavor, like men of courage, to stand in the battle, surely we would feel the favorable assistance of God from heaven. For he who give the us occasion to fight, to the end we may get the victory, is ready to succor those that fight manfully, and do trust in his grace.
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Remember, your prerogative is to govern, and not to serve the things of this world.
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Blessed are the simple, for they shall have much peace.
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O how quickly passes away the glory of the earth.
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My child, it will be better for you if you accept my decisions without complaint. Do not ask me to defend my actions or to explain why one person is favored and another seems slighted. The answers to these questions go far beyond your comprehension.
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Intelligence must follow faith, never precede it, and never destroy it.
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If you bear the cross gladly, it will bear you.
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Great tranquility of heart is his who cares for neither praise nor blame.
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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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The loftier the building, the deeper must the foundation be laid.
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A humble knowledge of ourselves is a surer way to God than is the search for depth of learning.
Thomas a Kempis
