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Whoever strives to withdraw from obedience, withdraws from grace.
Thomas a Kempis
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Thomas a Kempis
Died: 1471
Died: January 1
Catholic Priest
Clergyman
Philosopher
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Jacksonville
Florida
Thomas von Kempen
Thomas Haemerkken
Thomas Hammerlein
Thomas Hemerken
Thomas Hämerken
Malleolus
Thomas a Kempis
Thomas von Kempen à Kempis
Hämerkin
Hämmerlein
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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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Ah, Lord God, thou holy lover of my soul, when thou comest into my heart, all that is within me shall rejoice.
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