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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
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Philosopher
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Jacksonville
Florida
Thomas von Kempen
Thomas Haemerkken
Thomas Hammerlein
Thomas Hemerken
Thomas Hämerken
Malleolus
Thomas a Kempis
Thomas von Kempen à Kempis
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Hämmerlein
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Remember, your prerogative is to govern, and not to serve the things of this world.
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Man sees your actions, but God your motives.
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So fixed are our spirits in slothfulness and cold indifference that we seldom overcome so much as one evil habit.
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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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Habit is overcome by habit.
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Love alone makes heavy burdens light and bears in equal balance things pleasing and displeasing. Love bears a heavy burden and does not feel it, and love makes bitter things tasteful and sweet.
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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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What else does anxiety about the future bring you but sorrow upon sorrow?
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