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It is easier not to speak a word at all than to speak more words than we should.
Thomas a Kempis
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Thomas a Kempis
Died: 1471
Died: January 1
Catholic Priest
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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
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Hämmerlein
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When anger enters the mind, wisdom departs.
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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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Trust not to friends and kindred, neither do thou put off the care of thy soul's welfare til hereafter for men will sooner forget thee than thou art aware of.
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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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No man ruleth safely but he that is willingly ruled.
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Many deceive themselves, imagining they'll find happiness in change.
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Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be.
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Whoever strives to withdraw from obedience, withdraws from grace.
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No man doth safely rule, but he that hath learned gladly to obey.
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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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Salvation by the cross. [Lat., In cruce salus.]
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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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Remember always your end, and that lost time does not return.
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If God were our one and only desire we would not be so easily upset when our opinions do not find outside acceptance.
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Study, therefore, to withdraw the love of your soul from all things that are visible, and turn it to things that are invisible.
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We are sometimes stirred by emotion and take it for zeal.
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Oh, how quickly the world's glory passes away.
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The only safe ruler is he who has learned to obey willingly.
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Habit is overcome by habit.
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Simplicity reaches out after God purity discovers and enjoys Him.
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