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Simplicity reaches out after God purity discovers and enjoys Him.
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
Hämerkin
Hämmerlein
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Salvation by the cross. [Lat., In cruce salus.]
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Grant me prudently to avoid him that flatters me, and to endure patiently him that contradicts me.
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Be Yourself -The man who is neither bent upon pleasing his fellows nor afraid of offending them will enjoy great peace.
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Occasions of adversity best discover how great virtue or strength each one hath. For occasions do not make a man frail, but they show what he is.
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If thou may not continually gather thyself together, do it sometime at least once a day, morning or evening.
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If you bear the cross gladly, it will bear you.
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God deceiveth thee not.
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Therefore, a man ought to root himself so firmly in God that he will not need the consolations of men.
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Oh, how quickly the world's glory passes away.
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Out of sight, out of mind. The absent are always in the wrong.
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Some people are tempted most strongly at the beginning of their spiritual life, others near the end. Some are troubled all their lives. Still others receive only light temptation. Such things are decided by God, and we can trust his wisdom.
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Old custom is hard to break and scarce any man will be led otherwise than seemeth good unto himself.
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If you seek Jesus in all things you will surely find Jesus. And if you seek yourself, you will surely find yourself, but only to your ruin.
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Intelligence must follow faith, never precede it, and never destroy it.
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Without labor there is no rest, nor without fighting can the victory be won.
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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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Love makes everything that is heavy light.
Thomas a Kempis
All is vanity but to love God and serve Him.
Thomas a Kempis
Blessed are the simple, for they shall have much peace.
Thomas a Kempis
To be able to live peaceably with hard and perverse persons, or with the disorderly, or with such as go contrary to us, is a great grace.
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