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Love is a mighty power, a great and complete good. Love alone lightens every burden, and makes rough places smooth. It bears every hardship as though it were nothing, and renders all bitterness sweet and acceptable.
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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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.
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Scruples, temptations, and fears, and cutting perplexities of the heart, are often the lot of the most excellent persons.
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Let nothing disturb thee, Let nothing affright thee All passeth away: God only shall stay. Patience wins all: Who hath God, needeth nothing For God is his All.
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I have sought for happiness everywhere, but I have found it nowhere except in a little corner with a little book.
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To say that I am made in the image of God is to say that love is the reason for my existence, for God is love.
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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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If thou hadst a good conscience thou wouldst not greatly fear death.
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Trust not to friends and kindred, neither do thou put off the care of thy soul's welfare til hereafter for men will sooner forget thee than thou art aware of.
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Man sees your actions, but God your motives.
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He is truly great that is great in charity. He is truly great that is little in himself, and maketh no account of any height of honor. And he is truly learned that doeth the will of God, and forsaketh his own will.
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Without labor there is no rest, nor without fighting can the victory be won.
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Always keep a good distance between yourself and lying, quarreling, detracting, insulting and gossip. The person who can do that will some day learn to enjoy the silence.
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Oh, how quickly the world's glory passes away.
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Remember, your prerogative is to govern, and not to serve the things of this world.
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The acknowledgment of our weakness is the first step in repairing our loss.
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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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Grant me prudently to avoid him that flatters me, and to endure patiently him that contradicts me.
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It is better to feel repentance, than to be able to define it.
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The more humble and obedient to God a man is, the more wise and at peace he will be in all that he does.
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