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He that avoideth not small faults, by little and little falleth into greater.
Thomas a Kempis
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Thomas a Kempis
Died: 1471
Died: January 1
Catholic Priest
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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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The more spiritual a man desires to be, the more bitter does his present life become to him because he sees more clearly and perceives more sensibly the defects of human corruption.
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Oh, how quickly the world's glory passes away.
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Always be ready always live in such a way that death can never find you unprepared.
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All is vanity but to love God and serve Him.
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Great tranquility of heart is his who cares for neither praise nor blame.
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A wise and good man will turn examples of all sorts to his own advantage. The good he will make his patterns, and strive to equal or excel them. The bad he will by all means avoid.
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Scruples, temptations, and fears, and cutting perplexities of the heart, are often the lot of the most excellent persons.
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Anyone who thinks hard work will never hurt you has never had to pay to have it done. Jesus now has many lovers of his Heavenly Kingdom, but few bearers of his cross.
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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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First keep peace with yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.
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Love is active and sincere, courageous, patient, faithful, prudent and manly.
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We are sometimes stirred by emotion and take it for zeal.
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There is no man in this world without some manner of tribulation or anguish, though he be king or pope.
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Do what lieth in thy power, and God will assist in thy good will.
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O how quickly passes away the glory of the earth.
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It is easier not to speak a word at all than to speak more words than we should.
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For they truly know their Lord in the breaking of bread, whose heart within them so vehemently burneth, whilst Thou, O blessed Jesus, dost walk and converse with them.
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Man proposes, but God disposes.
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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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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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