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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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No one is so good that he is immune from temptation. We will never be entirely free from it. . . . There is no order so holy, no place so secret where there will be no temptation.
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Be assured that if you knew all, you would pardon all.
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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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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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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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Love feels no burden, thinks nothing of trouble, attempts what is above its strength.... It is therefore able to undertake all things, and it completes many things, and warrants them to take effect, where he who does not love would faint and lie down.
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Who has a harder fight than he who is striving to overcome himself.
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The intention which is fixed on God as its only end will keep people steady in their purposes, and deliver them from being the joke and scorn of fortune.
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Be Yourself -The man who is neither bent upon pleasing his fellows nor afraid of offending them will enjoy great peace.
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All His glory and beauty come from within, and there He delights to dwell, His visits there are frequent, His conversation sweet, His comforts refreshing and His peace passing all understanding.
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Dispose thyself to patience rather than to comfort, and to the bearing of the cross rather than to gladness.
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The more the flesh is wasted by affliction, so much more is the Spirit strengthened by inward grace.
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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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Ah, Lord God, thou holy lover of my soul, when thou comest into my heart, all that is within me shall rejoice.
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Love flies, runs, and rejoices it is free and nothing can hold it back.
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Do what lieth in thy power, and God will assist in thy good will.
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The more humble and obedient to God a man is, the more wise and at peace he will be in all that he does.
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If you bear the cross gladly, it will bear you.
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What else does anxiety about the future bring you but sorrow upon sorrow?
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It is better to feel repentance, than to be able to define it.
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