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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
Catholic Priest
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Jacksonville
Florida
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Thomas Hammerlein
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The better you understand yourself the less cause you will find to love yourself.
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To be able to live peaceably with hard and perverse persons, or with the disorderly, or with such as go contrary to us, is a great grace.
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Blessed are the simple, for they shall have much peace.
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Great tranquility of heart is his who cares for neither praise nor blame.
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Man considers the actions, but God weighs the intentions.
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Restrain an inordinate desire for knowledge, in which is found much anxiety and deception. Learned men always wish to appear so, and desire recognition of their wisdom. But there are many matters, knowledge of which brings little or no advantage to the soul.
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God deceiveth thee not.
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