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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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Without labor there is no rest, nor without fighting can the victory be won.
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Why seekest thou rest, since thou art born to labor? [Lat., Cur quaeris quietem, quam natus sis ad laborem?]
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A life without purpose is a languid, drifting thing Every day we ought to review our purpose, saying to ourselves: This day let me make a sound beginning, for what we have hitherto done is naught!
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Bodily exercises are to be done discreetly not to be taken evenly and alike by all men.
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No one is so good that he is immune from temptation. We will never be entirely free from it. . . . There is no order so holy, no place so secret where there will be no temptation.
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For things that worth little or nothing we care a lot and we oversight what is necessary because every man goes towards the exterior and if he doesn't regain consciousness quickly, with pleasure remain involved in it.
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Intelligence must follow faith, never precede it, and never destroy it.
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By two wings a man is lifted up from things earthly: by simplicity and purity.
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Of two evils we must always choose the least.
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When comfort is withdrawn, do not be cast down, but humbly and patiently await the visitation of God. He is able and powerful to give you more grace and more spiritual comfort than you first had.
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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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No confict is so severe as his who labors to subdue himself.
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Always be ready always live in such a way that death can never find you unprepared.
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Know all and you will pardon all.
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He will be with you also, all the way, that faithful God. Every morning when you awaken to the old and tolerable pain, at every mile of the hot uphill dusty road of tiring duty, on to the judgment seat, the same Christ there as ever, still loving you, still sufficient for you, even then. And then, on through all eternity.
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Blessed are the simple, for they shall have much peace.
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All His glory and beauty come from within, and there He delights to dwell, His visits there are frequent, His conversation sweet, His comforts refreshing and His peace passing all understanding.
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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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For it is the grace of Christ, and not our own virtue, that gives us the power to overcome the flesh and the world.
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Let temporal things serve thy use, but the eternal be the object of thy desire.
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