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Let not your peace rest in the utterances of men, for whether they put a good or bad construction on your conduct does not make you other than you are.
Thomas a Kempis
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Thomas a Kempis
Died: 1471
Died: January 1
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The loftier the building, the deeper must the foundation be laid.
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Man considers the actions, but God weighs the intentions.
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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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Oh, how swiftly the glory of the world passes away!
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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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Be assured that if you knew all, you would pardon all.
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Simplicity and purity are the two wings by which a man is lifted above all earthly things. Simplicity is in the intention - purity in the affection. Simplicity tends to God, - purity apprehends and tastes Him.
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Without labor there is no rest, nor without fighting can the victory be won.
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By two wings a man is lifted up from things earthly: by simplicity and purity.
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Activate yourself to duty by remembering your position, who you are, and what you have obliged yourself to be.
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Simplicity reaches out after God purity discovers and enjoys Him.
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Constantly choose rather to want less, than to have more.
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Remember, your prerogative is to govern, and not to serve the things of this world.
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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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He is truly great that is great in charity. He is truly great that is little in himself, and maketh no account of any height of honor. And he is truly learned that doeth the will of God, and forsaketh his own will.
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Out of two evils, the less is always to be chosen.
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Who is so wise as to have a perfect knowledge of all things? Therefore trust not too much to thine own opinion, but be ready also to hear the opinion of others. Thought thine own opinion be good, yet if for the love of God thou foregoest it, and followest that of another, thou shalt the more profit thereby.
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Love is a great thing, a good above all others, which alone maketh every burden light.
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No one is qualified to converse in public except those contented to do without such conversation.
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Who has a harder fight than he who is striving to overcome himself.
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