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Without labor there is no rest, nor without fighting can the victory be won.
Thomas a Kempis
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Thomas a Kempis
Died: 1471
Died: January 1
Catholic Priest
Clergyman
Philosopher
Poet
Theologian
Writer
Jacksonville
Florida
Thomas von Kempen
Thomas Haemerkken
Thomas Hammerlein
Thomas Hemerken
Thomas Hämerken
Malleolus
Thomas a Kempis
Thomas von Kempen à Kempis
Hämerkin
Hämmerlein
Rest
Fighting
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Labor
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The intention which is fixed on God as its only end will keep people steady in their purposes, and deliver them from being the joke and scorn of fortune.
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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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Love is active and sincere, courageous, patient, faithful, prudent and manly.
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To take no account of oneself, but always to think well and highly of others is the highest wisdom and perfection.
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If thou wilt receive profit, read with humility, simplicity and faith, and seek not at any time the fame of being learned.
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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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It carries a burden which is no burden it will not be kept back by anything low and mean it desires to be free from all wordly affections, and not to be entangled by any outward prosperity, or by any adversity subdued.
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Love flies, runs, and rejoices it is free and nothing can hold it back.
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Cling, therefore, to Jesus in life and death trust yourself to the glory of Him who alone can help you when all others fail.
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Trust not to friends and kindred, neither do thou put off the care of thy soul's welfare til hereafter for men will sooner forget thee than thou art aware of.
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Remember always your end, and that lost time does not return.
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Love makes everything that is heavy light.
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It is thy duty often times to do what thou wouldst not thy duty too, to leave undone that thou wouldst do.
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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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Few spirits are made better by the pain and languor of sickness as few great pilgrims become eminent saints.
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Be at peace with yourself first and then you will be able to bring peace to others.
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Man proposes, but God disposes.
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Man sees your actions, but God your motives.
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Remember, your prerogative is to govern, and not to serve the things of this world.
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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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