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If thou be not busy for thyself now, who shall be busy for thee in time to come?
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 Haemerkken
Thomas Hammerlein
Thomas Hemerken
Thomas Hämerken
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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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The end of all is death and man's life passeth away suddenly as a shadow.
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O how quickly passes away the glory of the earth.
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But because many endeavor to get knowledge rather than to live well, they are often deceived and reap little or no benefit from their labor.
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Out of sight, out of mind. The absent are always in the wrong.
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Have therefore zeal to better thyself and then mayst thou have zeal to thy neighbor.
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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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Don't flatter the rich, or appear to willing before the great.
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Man proposes, but God disposes.
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Peace and happiness are what you covet, but these are only to be obtained by labor.
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Let not your peace rest in the utterances of men, for whether they put a good or bad construction on your conduct does not make you other than you are.
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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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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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Praise adds nothing to your holiness, nor does blame take anything from it. You are what you are, and you cannot be said to be better than you are in God's sight.
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Gladly we desire to make other men perfect, but we will not amend our own fault.
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What difference does it make to you what someone else becomes, or says, or does? You do not need to answer for others, only for yourself.
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Do not let your peace depend on what people say of you... True peace and joy is to be found in [Jesus] alone.
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Some people are tempted most strongly at the beginning of their spiritual life, others near the end. Some are troubled all their lives. Still others receive only light temptation. Such things are decided by God, and we can trust his wisdom.
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I have sought for happiness everywhere, but I have found it nowhere except in a little corner with a little book.
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Love flies, runs, and rejoices it is free and nothing can hold it back.
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