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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.
Thomas a Kempis
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Thomas a Kempis
Died: 1471
Died: January 1
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Jacksonville
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All earthly joy begins pleasantly, but at the end it gnaws and kills.
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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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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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I have sought for happiness everywhere, but I have found it nowhere except in a little corner with a little book.
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Man considers the actions, but God weighs the intentions.
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We usually know what we can do, but temptation shows us who we are.
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Man proposes, but God disposes.
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Happy is the man who renounces everything which may bring a stain or burden upon his conscience
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What difference does it make to you what someone else becomes, or says, or does? You do not need to answer for others, only for yourself.
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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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What thou art, that thou art.
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