Thomas à Kempis

Thomas à Kempis

"In omnibus requiem quaesivi, et nusquam inveni nisi in angulo cum libro.(Everywhere I have sought peace and not found it, except in a corner with a book.)"
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"In omnibus requiem quaesivi, et nusquam inveni nisi in angulo cum libro.(Everywhere I have sought peace and not found it, except in a corner with a book.)"
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"What else does anxiety about the future bring you but sorrow upon sorrow?"
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"First keep peace with yourself, then you can also bring peace to others."
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"Wait for the Lord. Behave yourself manfully, and be of good courage. Do not be faithless, but stay in your place and do not turn back."
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"Without the way, there is no going; without the truth, there is no knowing; without the life, there is no living."
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"But because many endeavor to get knowledge rather than to live well, they are often deceived and reap little or no benefit from their labor."
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"A humble knowledge of thyself is a surer way to God than a deep search after learning."
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"The loftier the building, the deeper must the foundation be laid."
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"Intelligence must follow faith, never precede it, and never destroy it."
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"All men commend patience, although few are willing to practice it."
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"Purity and simplicity are the two wings with which man soars above the earth and all temporary nature."
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"Great tranquility of heart is his who cares for neither praise nor blame."
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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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"Love feels no burden, thinks nothing of trouble, attempts what is above its strength, pleads no excuse of impossibility; for it thinks all things lawful for itself, and all things possible."
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"Constantly choose rather to want less than to have more."
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"Oh how quickly the world's glory passes away."
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"What thou art that thou art."
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"Do not let your peace depend on the hearts of men whatever they say about you good or bad you are not because of it another man for as you are you are."
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"O Lord you know what is best for me. Let this or that be done as you please. Give what you will how much you will and when you will."
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"Love feels no burden regards not labors strives toward more than it attains argues not of impossibility since it believes that it may and can do all things. Therefore it avails for all things and fulfils and accomplishes much where one not a lover falls and lies helpless."
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