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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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Jacksonville
Florida
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Let nothing disturb thee, Let nothing affright thee All passeth away: God only shall stay. Patience wins all: Who hath God, needeth nothing For God is his All.
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No one is so good that he is immune from temptation. We will never be entirely free from it. . . . There is no order so holy, no place so secret where there will be no temptation.
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For things that worth little or nothing we care a lot and we oversight what is necessary because every man goes towards the exterior and if he doesn't regain consciousness quickly, with pleasure remain involved in it.
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Out of two evils, the less is always to be chosen.
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O how quickly passes away the glory of the earth.
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Wait for the Lord. Behave yourself manfully, and be of good courage. Do not be faithless, but stay in your place and do not turn back.
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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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For nothing, how little soever, that is suffered for God's sake, can pass without merit in the sight of God.
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All is vanity but to love God and serve Him.
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Peace and happiness are what you covet, but these are only to be obtained by labor.
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God deceiveth thee not.
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