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Our dependence upon God ought to be so entire and absolute that we should never think it necessary, in any kind of distress, to have recourse to human consolations.
Thomas a Kempis
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Thomas a Kempis
Died: 1471
Died: January 1
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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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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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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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Many deceive themselves, imagining they'll find happiness in change.
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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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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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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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Therefore, a man ought to root himself so firmly in God that he will not need the consolations of men.
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If you wish to live in peace and harmony with others, you must learn to discipline yourself in many ways.
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Remember always your end, and that lost time does not return.
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It is easier not to speak a word at all than to speak more words than we should.
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The measure of every man’s virtue is best revealed in time of adversity - adversity that does not weaken a man but rather shows what he is.
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Thy peace shall be in much patience.
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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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The acknowledgment of our weakness is the first step in repairing our loss.
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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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Bodily exercises are to be done discreetly not to be taken evenly and alike by all men.
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