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Happy is the man who renounces everything which may bring a stain or burden upon his conscience
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
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Thomas Hämerken
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If thou be not busy for thyself now, who shall be busy for thee in time to come?
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Thou shalt rest sweetly if thy heart condemn thee not.
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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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Be therefore thankful for the least gift, so shalt thou be worthy to receive greater.
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The reflections on a day well spent furnish us with joys more pleasing than ten thousand triumphs.
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When comfort is withdrawn, do not be cast down, but humbly and patiently await the visitation of God. He is able and powerful to give you more grace and more spiritual comfort than you first had.
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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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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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Oh, how swiftly the glory of the world passes away!
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God deceiveth thee not.
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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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Grant me prudently to avoid him that flatters me, and to endure patiently him that contradicts me.
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A life without purpose is a languid, drifting thing Every day we ought to review our purpose, saying to ourselves: This day let me make a sound beginning, for what we have hitherto done is naught!
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Whatever you do, do it with intelligence, and keep the end in view.
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If thou wilt receive profit, read with humility, simplicity and faith, and seek not at any time the fame of being learned.
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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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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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O how quickly passes away the glory of the earth.
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It thou seek rest in this life, how wilt thou then attain to the everlasting rest? Dispose not thyself for much rest, but for great patience. Seek true peace--not in earth, but in heaven not in men, nor in any other creature, but in God alone.
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