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When anger enters the mind, wisdom departs.

Thomas a Kempis

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Thomas a Kempis
Died: 1471
Died: January 1
Catholic Priest
Clergyman
Philosopher
Poet
Theologian
Writer
Jacksonville
Florida
Thomas von Kempen
Thomas Haemerkken
Thomas Hammerlein
Thomas Hemerken
Thomas Hämerken
Malleolus
Thomas a Kempis
Thomas von Kempen à Kempis
Hämerkin
Hämmerlein
Departs
Enters
Anger
Wisdom
Mind

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Be thankful for the smallest blessing and you will deserve to receive greater. Value the least gifts no less than the greatest, and simple graces as especial favors. If you remember the dignity of the Giver, no gift will seem small or mean.
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The end of all is death and man's life passeth away suddenly as a shadow.
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We are sometimes stirred by emotion and take it for zeal.
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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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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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Whatever you do, do it with intelligence, and keep the end in view.
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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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If your heart were sincere and upright, every creature would be unto you a looking-glass of life and a book of holy doctrine.
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A life without purpose is a languid, drifting thing Every day we ought to review our purpose, saying to ourselves: This day let me make a sound beginning, for what we have hitherto done is naught!
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What thou art, that thou art.
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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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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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Grant me prudently to avoid him that flatters me, and to endure patiently him that contradicts me.
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Christ willed to suffer and be despised and do you dare complain of the same? Christ had adversaries and backbiters and do you wish to have all men your friends and benefactors? When shall your patience attain her crown if no adversity befalls you? If you are willing to suffer naught that is against you, how will you be the friend of Christ?
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How seldom we weigh our neighbor in the same balance with ourselves.
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