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Oh, how quickly the world's glory passes away.
Thomas a Kempis
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Thomas a Kempis
Died: 1471
Died: January 1
Catholic Priest
Clergyman
Philosopher
Poet
Theologian
Writer
Jacksonville
Florida
Thomas von Kempen
Thomas Haemerkken
Thomas Hammerlein
Thomas Hemerken
Thomas Hämerken
Malleolus
Thomas a Kempis
Thomas von Kempen à Kempis
Hämerkin
Hämmerlein
Away
World
Passes
Quickly
Glory
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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 your heart were sincere and upright, every creature would be unto you a looking-glass of life and a book of holy doctrine.
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In the morning fix thy good purpose and at night examine thyself what thou hast done, how thou hast behaved thyself in word, deed, and thought.
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Whatever you do, do it with intelligence, and keep the end in view.
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Who has a harder fight than he who is striving to overcome himself.
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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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Be Yourself -The man who is neither bent upon pleasing his fellows nor afraid of offending them will enjoy great peace.
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Therefore, a man ought to root himself so firmly in God that he will not need the consolations of men.
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The end of all is death and man's life passeth away suddenly as a shadow.
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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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Always be thou prepared, and so live that death may never find thee unprepared.
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No man is safe above but he that will gladly be beneath.
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It is better to feel repentance, than to be able to define it.
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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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Let nothing disturb thee, Let nothing affright thee All passeth away: God only shall stay. Patience wins all: Who hath God, needeth nothing For God is his All.
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The only safe ruler is he who has learned to obey willingly.
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