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Count not thyself to have found true peace, if thou hast felt no grief nor that then all is well if thou hast no adversary nor that this is perfect, if all things fall out according to thy desire.
Thomas a Kempis
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Thomas a Kempis
Died: 1471
Died: January 1
Catholic Priest
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Jacksonville
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Activate yourself to duty by remembering your position, who you are, and what you have obliged yourself to be.
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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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Therefore, a man ought to root himself so firmly in God that he will not need the consolations of men.
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We usually know what we can do, but temptation shows us who we are.
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Carry the cross patiently, and with perfect submission and in the end it shall carry you.
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A humble knowledge of ourselves is a surer way to God than is the search for depth of learning.
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