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He is truly great that is little in himself, and that maketh no account of any height of honors.
Thomas a Kempis
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Thomas a Kempis
Died: 1471
Died: January 1
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Jacksonville
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Out of sight, out of mind. The absent are always in the wrong.
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My child, it will be better for you if you accept my decisions without complaint. Do not ask me to defend my actions or to explain why one person is favored and another seems slighted. The answers to these questions go far beyond your comprehension.
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Leave off that excessive desire of knowing therein is found much distraction. There are many things the knowledge of which is of little or no profit to the soul.
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Is a man one whit the better because he is grown great in other men's esteem?
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Intelligence must follow faith, never precede it, and never destroy it.
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Whoever finds Jesus, finds a rich treasure, and a good above every good. He who loses Jesus loses much indeed, and more than the whole world. Poorest of all is he who lives without Jesus, and richest of all is he who stands in favor with Jesus.
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No man doth safely rule, but he that hath learned gladly to obey.
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Do not let your peace depend on what people say of you... True peace and joy is to be found in [Jesus] alone.
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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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Without labor there is no rest, nor without fighting can the victory be won.
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Thou art my glory and the exultation of y heart: thou art my hope and refuge in the day of my trouble.
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Love makes everything that is heavy light.
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The more the flesh is wasted by affliction, so much more is the Spirit strengthened by inward grace.
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Praise adds nothing to your holiness, nor does blame take anything from it. You are what you are, and you cannot be said to be better than you are in God's sight.
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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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