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Praise adds nothing to your holiness, nor does blame take anything from it. You are what you are, and you cannot be said to be better than you are in God's sight.
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
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Thomas Haemerkken
Thomas Hammerlein
Thomas Hemerken
Thomas Hämerken
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Thomas a Kempis
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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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It is better to feel repentance, than to be able to define it.
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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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Of two evils we must always choose the least.
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Who is so wise as to have a perfect knowledge of all things? Therefore trust not too much to thine own opinion, but be ready also to hear the opinion of others. Thought thine own opinion be good, yet if for the love of God thou foregoest it, and followest that of another, thou shalt the more profit thereby.
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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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If thou be not busy for thyself now, who shall be busy for thee in time to come?
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No one is qualified to converse in public except those contented to do without such conversation.
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Great tranquility of heart is his who cares for neither praise nor blame.
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Remember always your end, and that lost time does not return.
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He who loves with purity considers not the gift of the lover, but the love of the giver.
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The end of all is death and man's life passeth away suddenly as a shadow.
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God evaluates by this criterion: How much love you invest in what you do is more important than how you do. The one who loves much is actually the one who does much.
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It carries a burden which is no burden it will not be kept back by anything low and mean it desires to be free from all wordly affections, and not to be entangled by any outward prosperity, or by any adversity subdued.
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No man is safe above but he that will gladly be beneath.
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Constantly choose rather to want less, than to have more.
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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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Restrain an inordinate desire for knowledge, in which is found much anxiety and deception. Learned men always wish to appear so, and desire recognition of their wisdom. But there are many matters, knowledge of which brings little or no advantage to the soul.
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