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Always be ready always live in such a way that death can never find you unprepared.
Thomas a Kempis
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Thomas a Kempis
Died: 1471
Died: January 1
Catholic Priest
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Jacksonville
Florida
Thomas von Kempen
Thomas Haemerkken
Thomas Hammerlein
Thomas Hemerken
Thomas Hämerken
Malleolus
Thomas a Kempis
Thomas von Kempen à Kempis
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The more humble and obedient to God a man is, the more wise and at peace he will be in all that he does.
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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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Simplicity reaches out after God purity discovers and enjoys Him.
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Whatever you do, do it with intelligence, and keep the end in view.
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Why seekest thou rest, since thou art born to labor? [Lat., Cur quaeris quietem, quam natus sis ad laborem?]
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The highest in God's esteem are the lowest in their own.
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When comfort is withdrawn, do not be cast down, but humbly and patiently await the visitation of God. He is able and powerful to give you more grace and more spiritual comfort than you first had.
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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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For things that worth little or nothing we care a lot and we oversight what is necessary because every man goes towards the exterior and if he doesn't regain consciousness quickly, with pleasure remain involved in it.
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All His glory and beauty come from within, and there He delights to dwell, His visits there are frequent, His conversation sweet, His comforts refreshing and His peace passing all understanding.
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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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Peace and happiness are what you covet, but these are only to be obtained by labor.
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Blessed are the simple, for they shall have much peace.
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Without labor there is no rest, nor without fighting can the victory be won.
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No man is safe above but he that will gladly be beneath.
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Know all and you will pardon all.
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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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Love feels no burden, thinks nothing of trouble, attempts what is above its strength.... It is therefore able to undertake all things, and it completes many things, and warrants them to take effect, where he who does not love would faint and lie down.
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The more the flesh is wasted by affliction, so much more is the Spirit strengthened by inward grace.
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The acknowledgment of our weakness is the first step in repairing our loss.
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