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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.
Thomas a Kempis
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Thomas a Kempis
Died: 1471
Died: January 1
Catholic Priest
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Jacksonville
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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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Dispose thyself to patience rather than to comfort, and to the bearing of the cross rather than to gladness.
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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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If thou hadst a good conscience thou wouldst not greatly fear death.
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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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Great tranquility of heart is his who cares for neither praise nor blame.
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Oh, how swiftly the glory of the world passes away!
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So fixed are our spirits in slothfulness and cold indifference that we seldom overcome so much as one evil habit.
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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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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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How seldom we weigh our neighbor in the same balance with ourselves.
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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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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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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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If your heart were sincere and upright, every creature would be unto you a looking-glass of life and a book of holy doctrine.
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Be therefore thankful for the least gift, so shalt thou be worthy to receive greater.
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He who loves with purity considers not the gift of the lover, but the love of the giver.
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Old custom is hard to break and scarce any man will be led otherwise than seemeth good unto himself.
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Love alone makes heavy burdens light and bears in equal balance things pleasing and displeasing. Love bears a heavy burden and does not feel it, and love makes bitter things tasteful and sweet.
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Oh, how quickly the world's glory passes away.
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