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May not be your peace in the mouth of the men since no matter if they thing good or bad about you, you should not be a different man because of that.
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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Hämmerlein
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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 earthly joy begins pleasantly, but at the end it gnaws and kills.
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Leave off that excessive desire of knowing therein is found much distraction. There are many things the knowledge of which is of little or no profit to the soul.
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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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Activate yourself to duty by remembering your position, who you are, and what you have obliged yourself to be.
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Carry the cross patiently, and with perfect submission and in the end it shall carry you.
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If thou be not busy for thyself now, who shall be busy for thee in time to come?
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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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It is easier not to speak a word at all than to speak more words than we should.
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Let temporal things serve thy use, but the eternal be the object of thy desire.
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We feel and weigh soon enough what we suffer from others: but how much others suffer from us, of this we take no heed.
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The end of all is death and man's life passeth away suddenly as a shadow.
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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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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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The more spiritual a man desires to be, the more bitter does his present life become to him because he sees more clearly and perceives more sensibly the defects of human corruption.
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Man sees your actions, but God your motives.
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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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Blessed are the simple, for they shall have much peace.
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He is truly great that is great in charity. He is truly great that is little in himself, and maketh no account of any height of honor. And he is truly learned that doeth the will of God, and forsaketh his own will.
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First keep peace with yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.
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