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Why seekest thou rest, since thou art born to labor? [Lat., Cur quaeris quietem, quam natus sis ad laborem?]
Thomas a Kempis
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Thomas a Kempis
Died: 1471
Died: January 1
Catholic Priest
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Jacksonville
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Constantly choose rather to want less, than to have more.
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Of two evils we must always choose the least.
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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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Old custom is hard to break and scarce any man will be led otherwise than seemeth good unto himself.
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No confict is so severe as his who labors to subdue himself.
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If you can talk and it's convenient to talk, try to say things that edify.
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Wait for the Lord. Behave yourself manfully, and be of good courage. Do not be faithless, but stay in your place and do not turn back.
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Study, therefore, to withdraw the love of your soul from all things that are visible, and turn it to things that are invisible.
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Do not interfere when your opinion is not sought.
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Love flies, runs, and rejoices it is free and nothing can hold it back.
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It is vanity to desire a long life and to take no heed of a good life.
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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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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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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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For nothing, how little soever, that is suffered for God's sake, can pass without merit in the sight of God.
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Ah, Lord God, thou holy lover of my soul, when thou comest into my heart, all that is within me shall rejoice.
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Remember, your prerogative is to govern, and not to serve the things of this world.
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Gladly we desire to make other men perfect, but we will not amend our own fault.
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Our dependence upon God ought to be so entire and absolute that we should never think it necessary, in any kind of distress, to have recourse to human consolations.
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Whoever would fully and feelingly understand the words of Christ, must endeavor to conform his life wholly to the life of Christ.
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