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The measure of every man’s virtue is best revealed in time of adversity - adversity that does not weaken a man but rather shows what he is.
Thomas a Kempis
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Thomas a Kempis
Died: 1471
Died: January 1
Catholic Priest
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Jacksonville
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For they truly know their Lord in the breaking of bread, whose heart within them so vehemently burneth, whilst Thou, O blessed Jesus, dost walk and converse with them.
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He rides pleasantly enough whom the grace of God carries.
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The more humble and obedient to God a man is, the more wise and at peace he will be in all that he does.
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Ah, Lord God, thou holy lover of my soul, when thou comest into my heart, all that is within me shall rejoice.
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Dispose thyself to patience rather than to comfort, and to the bearing of the cross rather than to gladness.
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Happy is the man who renounces everything which may bring a stain or burden upon his conscience
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Be Yourself -The man who is neither bent upon pleasing his fellows nor afraid of offending them will enjoy great peace.
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The enemy is more easily overcome if he be not suffered to enter the door of our hearts, but be resisted without the gate at his first knock.
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Thou art my glory and the exultation of y heart: thou art my hope and refuge in the day of my trouble.
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Let temporal things serve thy use, but the eternal be the object of thy desire.
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The only safe ruler is he who has learned to obey willingly.
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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 thou hadst simplicity and purity, thou wouldst be able to comprehend all things without error, and behold them without danger. The pure heart safely pervades not only heaven, but hell.
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Whatever you do, do it with intelligence, and keep the end in view.
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Remember always your end, and that lost time does not return.
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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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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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It is better to feel repentance, than to be able to define it.
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Be thankful for the smallest blessing and you will deserve to receive greater. Value the least gifts no less than the greatest, and simple graces as especial favors. If you remember the dignity of the Giver, no gift will seem small or mean.
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Our dependence upon God ought to be so entire and absolute that we should never think it necessary, in any kind of distress, to have recourse to human consolations.
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