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Who has a harder fight than he who is striving to overcome himself.
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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Thomas Hämerken
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Simplicity and purity are the two wings by which a man is lifted above all earthly things. Simplicity is in the intention - purity in the affection. Simplicity tends to God, - purity apprehends and tastes Him.
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No one is so good that he is immune from temptation. We will never be entirely free from it. . . . There is no order so holy, no place so secret where there will be no temptation.
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The humble live in continuous peace, while in the hearts of the proud are envy and frequent anger.
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First keep peace with yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.
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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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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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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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Great tranquility of heart is his who cares for neither praise nor blame.
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God deceiveth thee not.
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Blessed are the simple, for they shall have much peace.
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Few spirits are made better by the pain and languor of sickness as few great pilgrims become eminent saints.
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For things that worth little or nothing we care a lot and we oversight what is necessary because every man goes towards the exterior and if he doesn't regain consciousness quickly, with pleasure remain involved in it.
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Leave off that excessive desire of knowing therein is found much distraction. There are many things the knowledge of which is of little or no profit to the soul.
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If thou be not busy for thyself now, who shall be busy for thee in time to come?
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The measure of every man’s virtue is best revealed in time of adversity - adversity that does not weaken a man but rather shows what he is.
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