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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
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It is vanity to desire a long life and to take no heed of a good life.
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Great tranquility of heart is his who cares for neither praise nor blame.
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The more the flesh is wasted by affliction, so much more is the Spirit strengthened by inward grace.
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It is better to feel repentance, than to be able to define it.
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Gladly we desire to make other men perfect, but we will not amend our own fault.
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Don't flatter the rich, or appear to willing before the great.
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Let temporal things serve thy use, but the eternal be the object of thy desire.
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The humble live in continuous peace, while in the hearts of the proud are envy and frequent anger.
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For nothing, how little soever, that is suffered for God's sake, can pass without merit in the sight of God.
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Cling, therefore, to Jesus in life and death trust yourself to the glory of Him who alone can help you when all others fail.
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Occasions of adversity best discover how great virtue or strength each one hath. For occasions do not make a man frail, but they show what he is.
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Christ willed to suffer and be despised and do you dare complain of the same? Christ had adversaries and backbiters and do you wish to have all men your friends and benefactors? When shall your patience attain her crown if no adversity befalls you? If you are willing to suffer naught that is against you, how will you be the friend of Christ?
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Count not thyself to have found true peace, if thou hast felt no grief nor that then all is well if thou hast no adversary nor that this is perfect, if all things fall out according to thy desire.
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To say that I am made in the image of God is to say that love is the reason for my existence, for God is love.
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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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Thou shalt ever joy at eventide if thou spend the day fruitfully.
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