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If you wish to live in peace and harmony with others, you must learn to discipline yourself in many ways.
Thomas a Kempis
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Thomas a Kempis
Died: 1471
Died: January 1
Catholic Priest
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Jacksonville
Florida
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Do what lieth in thy power, and God will assist in thy good will.
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Remember, your prerogative is to govern, and not to serve the things of this world.
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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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If thou be not busy for thyself now, who shall be busy for thee in time to come?
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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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Always be ready always live in such a way that death can never find you unprepared.
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The end of all is death and man's life passeth away suddenly as a shadow.
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First keep peace with yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.
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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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