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Do what lieth in thy power, and God will assist in thy good will.
Thomas a Kempis
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Thomas a Kempis
Died: 1471
Died: January 1
Catholic Priest
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Philosopher
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Theologian
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Jacksonville
Florida
Thomas von Kempen
Thomas Haemerkken
Thomas Hammerlein
Thomas Hemerken
Thomas Hämerken
Malleolus
Thomas a Kempis
Thomas von Kempen à Kempis
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Hämmerlein
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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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Therefore, a man ought to root himself so firmly in God that he will not need the consolations of men.
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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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Love is a great thing, a good above all others, which alone maketh every burden light.
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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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Love flies, runs, and rejoices it is free and nothing can hold it back.
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Leave off that excessive desire of knowing therein is found much distraction. There are many things the knowledge of which is of little or no profit to the soul.
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Bodily exercises are to be done discreetly not to be taken evenly and alike by all men.
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Let temporal things serve thy use, but the eternal be the object of thy desire.
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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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Cling, therefore, to Jesus in life and death trust yourself to the glory of Him who alone can help you when all others fail.
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No man is safe above but he that will gladly be beneath.
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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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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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O how quickly passes away the glory of the earth.
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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.
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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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No man ruleth safely but he that is willingly ruled.
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I have sought for happiness everywhere, but I have found it nowhere except in a little corner with a little book.
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A wise and good man will turn examples of all sorts to his own advantage. The good he will make his patterns, and strive to equal or excel them. The bad he will by all means avoid.
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