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No man is safe above but he that will gladly be beneath.
Thomas a Kempis
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Thomas a Kempis
Died: 1471
Died: January 1
Catholic Priest
Clergyman
Philosopher
Poet
Theologian
Writer
Jacksonville
Florida
Thomas von Kempen
Thomas Haemerkken
Thomas Hammerlein
Thomas Hemerken
Thomas Hämerken
Malleolus
Thomas a Kempis
Thomas von Kempen à Kempis
Hämerkin
Hämmerlein
Gladly
Beneath
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Therefore, a man ought to root himself so firmly in God that he will not need the consolations of men.
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Peace and happiness are what you covet, but these are only to be obtained by labor.
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Constantly choose rather to want less, than to have more.
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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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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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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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No man doth safely rule, but he that hath learned gladly to obey.
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Man proposes, but God disposes.
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Love makes everything that is heavy light.
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He rides pleasantly enough whom the grace of God carries.
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Of two evils we must always choose the least.
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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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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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Be assured that if you knew all, you would pardon all.
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The acknowledgment of our weakness is the first step in repairing our loss.
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A man of peace does more good than a very learned man.
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Love is swift, sincere, pious, joyful, generous, strong, patient, faithful, prudent, long-suffering, courageous, and never seeking its own for wheresoever a person seeketh his own, there he falleth from love.
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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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All earthly joy begins pleasantly, but at the end it gnaws and kills.
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In the morning fix thy good purpose and at night examine thyself what thou hast done, how thou hast behaved thyself in word, deed, and thought.
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