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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
Clergyman
Philosopher
Poet
Theologian
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Jacksonville
Florida
Thomas von Kempen
Thomas Haemerkken
Thomas Hammerlein
Thomas Hemerken
Thomas Hämerken
Malleolus
Thomas a Kempis
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The highest in God's esteem are the lowest in their own.
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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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To be able to live peaceably with hard and perverse persons, or with the disorderly, or with such as go contrary to us, is a great grace.
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Be at peace with yourself first and then you will be able to bring peace to others.
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Our own opinion of ourselves should be lower than that formed by others, for we have a better chance at our imperfections.
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The end of all is death and man's life passeth away suddenly as a shadow.
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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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