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Is a man one whit the better because he is grown great in other men's esteem?
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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Man considers the actions, but God weighs the intentions.
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When anger enters the mind, wisdom departs.
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The more spiritual a man desires to be, the more bitter does his present life become to him because he sees more clearly and perceives more sensibly the defects of human corruption.
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If God were our one and only desire we would not be so easily upset when our opinions do not find outside acceptance.
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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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Whoever finds Jesus, finds a rich treasure, and a good above every good. He who loses Jesus loses much indeed, and more than the whole world. Poorest of all is he who lives without Jesus, and richest of all is he who stands in favor with Jesus.
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We feel and weigh soon enough what we suffer from others: but how much others suffer from us, of this we take no heed.
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By two wings a man is lifted up from things earthly: by simplicity and purity.
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Oh, how quickly the world's glory passes away.
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Constantly choose rather to want less, than to have more.
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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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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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Man proposes, but God disposes.
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Few spirits are made better by the pain and languor of sickness as few great pilgrims become eminent saints.
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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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If thou hadst a good conscience thou wouldst not greatly fear death.
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We usually know what we can do, but temptation shows us who we are.
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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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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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Love is a mighty power, a great and complete good. Love alone lightens every burden, and makes rough places smooth. It bears every hardship as though it were nothing, and renders all bitterness sweet and acceptable.
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