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It carries a burden which is no burden it will not be kept back by anything low and mean it desires to be free from all wordly affections, and not to be entangled by any outward prosperity, or by any adversity subdued.
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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It thou seek rest in this life, how wilt thou then attain to the everlasting rest? Dispose not thyself for much rest, but for great patience. Seek true peace--not in earth, but in heaven not in men, nor in any other creature, but in God alone.
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First keep peace with yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.
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It is easier not to speak a word at all than to speak more words than we should.
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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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If you seek Jesus in all things you will surely find Jesus. And if you seek yourself, you will surely find yourself, but only to your ruin.
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What thou art, that thou art.
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Oh, how swiftly the glory of the world passes away!
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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 highest in God's esteem are the lowest in their own.
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No one is qualified to converse in public except those contented to do without such conversation.
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Simplicity reaches out after God purity discovers and enjoys Him.
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God evaluates by this criterion: How much love you invest in what you do is more important than how you do. The one who loves much is actually the one who does much.
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In the morning fix thy good purpose and at night examine thyself what thou hast done, how thou hast behaved thyself in word, deed, and thought.
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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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Restrain an inordinate desire for knowledge, in which is found much anxiety and deception. Learned men always wish to appear so, and desire recognition of their wisdom. But there are many matters, knowledge of which brings little or no advantage to the soul.
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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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Activate yourself to duty by remembering your position, who you are, and what you have obliged yourself to be.
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No man is safe above but he that will gladly be beneath.
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No man doth safely rule, but he that hath learned gladly to obey.
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