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Man sees your actions, but God your motives.
Thomas a Kempis
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Thomas a Kempis
Died: 1471
Died: January 1
Catholic Priest
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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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Hämerkin
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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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Love flies, runs, and rejoices it is free and nothing can hold it back.
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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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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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The loftier the building, the deeper must the foundation be laid.
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If thou be not busy for thyself now, who shall be busy for thee in time to come?
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Love is a great thing, a good above all others, which alone maketh every burden light.
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Christ willed to suffer and be despised and do you dare complain of the same? Christ had adversaries and backbiters and do you wish to have all men your friends and benefactors? When shall your patience attain her crown if no adversity befalls you? If you are willing to suffer naught that is against you, how will you be the friend of Christ?
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There is no man in this world without some manner of tribulation or anguish, though he be king or pope.
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Study, therefore, to withdraw the love of your soul from all things that are visible, and turn it to things that are invisible.
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By two wings a man is lifted up from things earthly: by simplicity and purity.
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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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No man is safe above but he that will gladly be beneath.
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When comfort is withdrawn, do not be cast down, but humbly and patiently await the visitation of God. He is able and powerful to give you more grace and more spiritual comfort than you first had.
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Leave off that excessive desire of knowing therein is found much distraction. There are many things the knowledge of which is of little or no profit to the soul.
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What else does anxiety about the future bring you but sorrow upon sorrow?
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Intelligence must follow faith, never precede it, and never destroy it.
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Love makes everything that is heavy light.
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The better you understand yourself the less cause you will find to love yourself.
Thomas a Kempis
Always keep a good distance between yourself and lying, quarreling, detracting, insulting and gossip. The person who can do that will some day learn to enjoy the silence.
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