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Remember, your prerogative is to govern, and not to serve the things of this world.
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
Hämerkin
Hämmerlein
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Renounce all things, and thou shalt find all things give up thy lust, and thou shalt find rest.
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Is a man one whit the better because he is grown great in other men's esteem?
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May not be your peace in the mouth of the men since no matter if they thing good or bad about you, you should not be a different man because of that.
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No man ruleth safely but he that is willingly ruled.
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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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What difference does it make to you what someone else becomes, or says, or does? You do not need to answer for others, only for yourself.
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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.
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No one is qualified to converse in public except those contented to do without such conversation.
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No man doth safely rule, but he that hath learned gladly to obey.
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You are a man, not God you are human, not an angel. How can you expect to remain always in a constant state of virtue, when this was not possible even for an angel of Heaven, nor for the first man in the Garden?
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A man of peace does more good than a very learned man.
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If you would endeavor, like men of courage, to stand in the battle, surely we would feel the favorable assistance of God from heaven. For he who give the us occasion to fight, to the end we may get the victory, is ready to succor those that fight manfully, and do trust in his grace.
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He who loves with purity considers not the gift of the lover, but the love of the giver.
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If you bear the cross unwillingly, you make it a burden, and load yourself more heavily but you must bear it.
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If thou wilt receive profit, read with humility, simplicity and faith, and seek not at any time the fame of being learned.
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Bodily exercises are to be done discreetly not to be taken evenly and alike by all men.
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The end of all is death and man's life passeth away suddenly as a shadow.
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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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Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be.
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