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No man doth safely rule, but he that hath learned gladly to obey.
Thomas a Kempis
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Thomas a Kempis
Died: 1471
Died: January 1
Catholic Priest
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Philosopher
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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 better you understand yourself the less cause you will find to love yourself.
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A humble knowledge of ourselves is a surer way to God than is the search for depth of learning.
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It is vanity to desire a long life and to take no heed of a good life.
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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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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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Be assured that if you knew all, you would pardon all.
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All earthly joy begins pleasantly, but at the end it gnaws and kills.
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It thou seek rest in this life, how wilt thou then attain to the everlasting rest? Dispose not thyself for much rest, but for great patience. Seek true peace--not in earth, but in heaven not in men, nor in any other creature, but in God alone.
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Man sees your actions, but God your motives.
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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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God deceiveth thee not.
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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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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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A book has but one voice, but it does not instruct everyone alike.
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Remember, your prerogative is to govern, and not to serve the things of this world.
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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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Out of sight, out of mind. The absent are always in the wrong.
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Our own opinion of ourselves should be lower than that formed by others, for we have a better chance at our imperfections.
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Let not your peace rest in the utterances of men, for whether they put a good or bad construction on your conduct does not make you other than you are.
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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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