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Man considers the actions, but God weighs the intentions.
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
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You are a man, not God you are human, not an angel. How can you expect to remain always in a constant state of virtue, when this was not possible even for an angel of Heaven, nor for the first man in the Garden?
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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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No man ruleth safely but he that is willingly ruled.
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So fixed are our spirits in slothfulness and cold indifference that we seldom overcome so much as one evil habit.
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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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Of two evils we must always choose the least.
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Never be entirely idle but either be reading, or writing, or praying or meditating or endeavoring something for the public good.
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Whatever you do, do it with intelligence, and keep the end in view.
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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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Out of two evils, the less is always to be chosen.
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It is better to feel repentance, than to be able to define it.
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In the morning fix thy good purpose and at night examine thyself what thou hast done, how thou hast behaved thyself in word, deed, and thought.
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If thou hadst a good conscience thou wouldst not greatly fear death.
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Renounce all things, and thou shalt find all things give up thy lust, and thou shalt find rest.
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