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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
Florida
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Do what lieth in thy power, and God will assist in thy good will.
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If God were our one and only desire we would not be so easily upset when our opinions do not find outside acceptance.
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Man proposes, but God disposes.
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Christ willed to suffer and be despised and do you dare complain of the same? Christ had adversaries and backbiters and do you wish to have all men your friends and benefactors? When shall your patience attain her crown if no adversity befalls you? If you are willing to suffer naught that is against you, how will you be the friend of Christ?
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Gladly we desire to make other men perfect, but we will not amend our own fault.
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Blessed are the simple, for they shall have much peace.
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For it is the grace of Christ, and not our own virtue, that gives us the power to overcome the flesh and the world.
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Oh, how great peace and quietness would he possess who should cut off all vain anxiety and place all his confidence in God.
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He rides pleasantly enough whom the grace of God carries.
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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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Love is swift, sincere, pious, joyful, generous, strong, patient, faithful, prudent, long-suffering, courageous, and never seeking its own for wheresoever a person seeketh his own, there he falleth from love.
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Habit is overcome by habit.
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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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Simplicity reaches out after God purity discovers and enjoys Him.
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If thou be not busy for thyself now, who shall be busy for thee in time to come?
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Have therefore zeal to better thyself and then mayst thou have zeal to thy neighbor.
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Peace and happiness are what you covet, but these are only to be obtained by labor.
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