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No one is qualified to converse in public except those contented to do without such conversation.
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
Malleolus
Thomas a Kempis
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Hämmerlein
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No one is so good that he is immune from temptation. We will never be entirely free from it. . . . There is no order so holy, no place so secret where there will be no temptation.
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By two wings a man is lifted up from things earthly: by simplicity and purity.
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No man doth safely rule, but he that hath learned gladly to obey.
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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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Be assured that if you knew all, you would pardon all.
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For it is the grace of Christ, and not our own virtue, that gives us the power to overcome the flesh and the world.
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Grant me prudently to avoid him that flatters me, and to endure patiently him that contradicts me.
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No man ruleth safely but he that is willingly ruled.
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Why seekest thou rest, since thou art born to labor? [Lat., Cur quaeris quietem, quam natus sis ad laborem?]
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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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Love feels no burden, thinks nothing of trouble, attempts what is above its strength, pleads no excuse of impossibility for it thinks all things lawful for itself, and all things possible.
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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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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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If thou may not continually gather thyself together, do it sometime at least once a day, morning or evening.
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To take no account of oneself, but always to think well and highly of others is the highest wisdom and perfection.
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Habit is overcome by habit.
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He is truly great that is great in charity. He is truly great that is little in himself, and maketh no account of any height of honor. And he is truly learned that doeth the will of God, and forsaketh his own will.
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Do not interfere when your opinion is not sought.
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Oh, how quickly the world's glory passes away.
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No man is safe above but he that will gladly be beneath.
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