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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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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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Have therefore zeal to better thyself and then mayst thou have zeal to thy neighbor.
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Study, therefore, to withdraw the love of your soul from all things that are visible, and turn it to things that are invisible.
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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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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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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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He is truly great that is little in himself, and that maketh no account of any height of honors.
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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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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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Activate yourself to duty by remembering your position, who you are, and what you have obliged yourself to be.
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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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A book has but one voice, but it does not instruct everyone alike.
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Out of sight, out of mind. The absent are always in the wrong.
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We are sometimes stirred by emotion and take it for zeal.
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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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No one is qualified to converse in public except those contented to do without such conversation.
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No man ruleth safely but he that is willingly ruled.
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Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be.
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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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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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