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The more spiritual a man desires to be, the more bitter does his present life become to him because he sees more clearly and perceives more sensibly the defects of human corruption.
Thomas a Kempis
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Thomas a Kempis
Died: 1471
Died: January 1
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Jacksonville
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Out of sight, out of mind. The absent are always in the wrong.
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All earthly joy begins pleasantly, but at the end it gnaws and kills.
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If you seek Jesus in all things you will surely find Jesus. And if you seek yourself, you will surely find yourself, but only to your ruin.
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Always be thou prepared, and so live that death may never find thee unprepared.
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It thou seek rest in this life, how wilt thou then attain to the everlasting rest? Dispose not thyself for much rest, but for great patience. Seek true peace--not in earth, but in heaven not in men, nor in any other creature, but in God alone.
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Occasions of adversity best discover how great virtue or strength each one hath. For occasions do not make a man frail, but they show what he is.
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Be assured that if you knew all, you would pardon all.
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Oh, how swiftly the glory of the world passes away!
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Thou art my glory and the exultation of y heart: thou art my hope and refuge in the day of my trouble.
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No confict is so severe as his who labors to subdue himself.
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Do what lieth in thy power, and God will assist in thy good will.
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Always be ready always live in such a way that death can never find you unprepared.
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Man considers the actions, but God weighs the intentions.
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It is thy duty often times to do what thou wouldst not thy duty too, to leave undone that thou wouldst do.
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If you bear the cross gladly, it will bear you.
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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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By two wings a man is lifted up from things earthly: by simplicity and purity.
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God deceiveth thee not.
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Gladly we desire to make other men perfect, but we will not amend our own fault.
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