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Grant me prudently to avoid him that flatters me, and to endure patiently him that contradicts me.
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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In the morning fix thy good purpose and at night examine thyself what thou hast done, how thou hast behaved thyself in word, deed, and thought.
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It carries a burden which is no burden it will not be kept back by anything low and mean it desires to be free from all wordly affections, and not to be entangled by any outward prosperity, or by any adversity subdued.
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No confict is so severe as his who labors to subdue himself.
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Whoever finds Jesus, finds a rich treasure, and a good above every good. He who loses Jesus loses much indeed, and more than the whole world. Poorest of all is he who lives without Jesus, and richest of all is he who stands in favor with Jesus.
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First keep peace with yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.
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So fixed are our spirits in slothfulness and cold indifference that we seldom overcome so much as one evil habit.
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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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For they truly know their Lord in the breaking of bread, whose heart within them so vehemently burneth, whilst Thou, O blessed Jesus, dost walk and converse with them.
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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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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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Out of sight, out of mind. The absent are always in the wrong.
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Do what lieth in thy power, and God will assist in thy good will.
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Do not let your peace depend on what people say of you... True peace and joy is to be found in [Jesus] alone.
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Our own opinion of ourselves should be lower than that formed by others, for we have a better chance at our imperfections.
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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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Don't think so much about who is for or against you, rather give all your care, that God be with you in everything you do.
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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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Blessed are the simple, for they shall have much peace.
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Love flies, runs, and rejoices it is free and nothing can hold it back.
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Always keep a good distance between yourself and lying, quarreling, detracting, insulting and gossip. The person who can do that will some day learn to enjoy the silence.
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