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Always be thou prepared, and so live that death may never find thee unprepared.
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
Never
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Live
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Unprepared
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Be thankful for the smallest blessing and you will deserve to receive greater. Value the least gifts no less than the greatest, and simple graces as especial favors. If you remember the dignity of the Giver, no gift will seem small or mean.
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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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Don't flatter the rich, or appear to willing before the great.
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Of two evils we must always choose the least.
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A wise and good man will turn examples of all sorts to his own advantage. The good he will make his patterns, and strive to equal or excel them. The bad he will by all means avoid.
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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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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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If your heart were sincere and upright, every creature would be unto you a looking-glass of life and a book of holy doctrine.
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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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The only safe ruler is he who has learned to obey willingly.
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Man considers the actions, but God weighs the intentions.
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If you wish to live in peace and harmony with others, you must learn to discipline yourself in many ways.
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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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Is a man one whit the better because he is grown great in other men's esteem?
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Many deceive themselves, imagining they'll find happiness in change.
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Always keep a good distance between yourself and lying, quarreling, detracting, insulting and gossip. The person who can do that will some day learn to enjoy the silence.
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Let nothing disturb thee, Let nothing affright thee All passeth away: God only shall stay. Patience wins all: Who hath God, needeth nothing For God is his All.
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Activate yourself to duty by remembering your position, who you are, and what you have obliged yourself to be.
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