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The better you understand yourself the less cause you will find to love yourself.
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
Hämerkin
Hämmerlein
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Self
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Whoever would fully and feelingly understand the words of Christ, must endeavor to conform his life wholly to the life of Christ.
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Count not thyself to have found true peace, if thou hast felt no grief nor that then all is well if thou hast no adversary nor that this is perfect, if all things fall out according to thy desire.
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The measure of every man’s virtue is best revealed in time of adversity - adversity that does not weaken a man but rather shows what he is.
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Love flies, runs, and rejoices it is free and nothing can hold it back.
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To take no account of oneself, but always to think well and highly of others is the highest wisdom and perfection.
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