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Out of two evils, the less is always to be chosen.
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
Life
Evils
Chosen
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Two
Always
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To take no account of oneself, but always to think well and highly of others is the highest wisdom and perfection.
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Thy peace shall be in much patience.
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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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Be assured that if you knew all, you would pardon all.
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We are sometimes stirred by emotion and take it for zeal.
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Who has a harder fight than he who is striving to overcome himself.
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Oh, how swiftly the glory of the world passes away!
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The reflections on a day well spent furnish us with joys more pleasing than ten thousand triumphs.
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If you can talk and it's convenient to talk, try to say things that edify.
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He rides pleasantly enough whom the grace of God carries.
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Whatever you do, do it with intelligence, and keep the end in view.
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The intention which is fixed on God as its only end will keep people steady in their purposes, and deliver them from being the joke and scorn of fortune.
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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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My child, it will be better for you if you accept my decisions without complaint. Do not ask me to defend my actions or to explain why one person is favored and another seems slighted. The answers to these questions go far beyond your comprehension.
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If thou may not continually gather thyself together, do it sometime at least once a day, morning or evening.
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The acknowledgment of our weakness is the first step in repairing our loss.
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Old custom is hard to break and scarce any man will be led otherwise than seemeth good unto himself.
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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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No one is qualified to converse in public except those contented to do without such conversation.
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