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All earthly joy begins pleasantly, but at the end it gnaws and kills.
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
Gnaws
Joy
Pleasantly
Ends
Avarice
Earthly
Materialism
Kills
Greed
Begins
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The acknowledgment of our weakness is the first step in repairing our loss.
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We usually know what we can do, but temptation shows us who we are.
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Oh, how great peace and quietness would he possess who should cut off all vain anxiety and place all his confidence in God.
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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.
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If God were our one and only desire we would not be so easily upset when our opinions do not find outside acceptance.
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What thou art, that thou art.
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Constantly choose rather to want less, than to have more.
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Our dependence upon God ought to be so entire and absolute that we should never think it necessary, in any kind of distress, to have recourse to human consolations.
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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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Let not your peace rest in the utterances of men, for whether they put a good or bad construction on your conduct does not make you other than you are.
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Wait for the Lord. Behave yourself manfully, and be of good courage. Do not be faithless, but stay in your place and do not turn back.
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Whoever would fully and feelingly understand the words of Christ, must endeavor to conform his life wholly to the life of Christ.
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