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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 Hämerken
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Bodily exercises are to be done discreetly not to be taken evenly and alike by all men.
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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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He rides pleasantly enough whom the grace of God carries.
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Don't think so much about who is for or against you, rather give all your care, that God be with you in everything you do.
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Trust not to friends and kindred, neither do thou put off the care of thy soul's welfare til hereafter for men will sooner forget thee than thou art aware of.
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Let temporal things serve thy use, but the eternal be the object of thy desire.
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Do not interfere when your opinion is not sought.
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Peace and happiness are what you covet, but these are only to be obtained by labor.
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If you seek Jesus in all things you will surely find Jesus. And if you seek yourself, you will surely find yourself, but only to your ruin.
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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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Few spirits are made better by the pain and languor of sickness as few great pilgrims become eminent saints.
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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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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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Simplicity and purity are the two wings by which a man is lifted above all earthly things. Simplicity is in the intention - purity in the affection. Simplicity tends to God, - purity apprehends and tastes Him.
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Constantly choose rather to want less, than to have more.
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The better you understand yourself the less cause you will find to love yourself.
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My child, it will be better for you if you accept my decisions without complaint. Do not ask me to defend my actions or to explain why one person is favored and another seems slighted. The answers to these questions go far beyond your comprehension.
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He that avoideth not small faults, by little and little falleth into greater.
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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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Renounce all things, and thou shalt find all things give up thy lust, and thou shalt find rest.
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