Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ
"A wise lover values not so much the gift of the lover as the love of the giver."
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"A wise lover values not so much the gift of the lover as the love of the giver."
"الحبيب الحكيم لا يقدّر هدية المحبوب بقدر ما يقدّر حبّ الواهب."
Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ
"Not every affection which seems good is to be immediately followed. Neither is every opposite affection to be immediately avoided. Sometimes it is expedient to use restraint even in good desires and wishes, lest through importunity you fall into distraction of mind, lest through want of discipline you become a stumbling block to others."
"ليس كل ميل يبدو حسناً ينبغي اتباعه فوراً، ولا كل ميل معاكس ينبغي تجنبه على الفور. ففي بعض الأحيان، يكون من الحكمة أن نتحلى بضبط النفس حتى في الرغبات والأمنيات الطيبة، خشية أن يؤدي الإلحاح إلى تشتت الذهن، وخشية أن يصبح نقص الانضباط حجر عثرة للآخرين."
Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ
"It is not really a small thing when in small things we resist self."
"ليس بالأمر الهين حقًا أن نقاوم النفس في صغائر الأمور."
Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ
"At the Day of Judgement we shall not be asked what we have read but what we have done."
"في يوم الحساب، لن نُسأل عمّا قرأنا، بل عمّا فعلنا."
Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ
"Greater is Your care for me than all the care I am able to take from myself."
"عنايتك بي أعظم من كل عناية أستطيع أن أوليها لنفسي."
Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ
"God often grants in a moment what He has long denied."
Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ
"He is not truly patient who will only suffer as far as seems right to him and from whom he pleases. The truly patient man considers not by whom he is tried, one above him, or by an equal, or by an inferior, whether by a good and holy man or by a perverse and unworthy, but from every creature. He gratefully accepts all from the hand of God and counts it gain."
Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ
"Shun too great a desire for knowledge, for in it there is much fretting and delusion. Intellectuals like to appear learned and to be called wise. Yet there are many things the knowledge of which does little or no good to the soul, and he who concerns himself about other things than those which lead to salvation is very unwise."
Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ
"Remain tranquil and prepare to bear still greater trials. All is not lost even though you be troubled oftener or tempted more grievously. You are a man, not God. You are flesh, not an angel. How can you possibly expect to remain always in the same state of virtue when the angels in heaven and the first man in paradise failed to do so? I am He Who rescues the afflicted and brings to My divinity those who know their own weakness."
Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ
"The Lord bestows his blessings there, where he finds the vessels empty."
Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ
"0 true and heavenly grace, without which our own merits are nothing, and our natural gifts of no account! Neither arts nor riches, beauty nor strength, genius nor eloquence have any value in Your eyes, Lord, unless allied to grace. For the gifts of nature are common to good men and bad alike, but grace or love are Your especial gift to those whom You choose, and those who are sealed with this are counted worthy of life everlasting."
Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ
"Let temporal things be in the use, eternal things in the desire."
Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ
"When a man desires a thing too much, he at once becomes ill at ease. A proud and avaricious man never rests, whereas he who is poor and humble of heart lives in a world of peace. An unmortified man is quickly tempted and overcome in small, trifling evils; his spirit is weak, in a measure carnal and inclined to sensual things; he can hardly abstain from earthly desires. Hence it makes him sad to forego them; he is quick to anger if reproved. Yet if he satisfies his desires, remorse of conscience overwhelms him because he followed his passions and they did not lead to the peace he sought."
Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ
"My God, Sweetness beyond words, make bitter all the carnal comfort that draws me from love of the eternal and lures me to its evil self by the sight of some delightful good in the present. Let it not overcome me, my God. Let not flesh and blood conquer me. Let not the world and its brief glory deceive me, nor the devil trip me by his craftiness. Give me courage to resist, patience to endure, and constancy to persevere. Give me the soothing unction of Your spirit rather than all the consolations of the world, and in place of carnal love, infuse into me the love of Your name."
Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ
"It happens very often that those whom men esteem highly are more seriously endangered by their own excessive confidence. Hence, for many it is better not to be too free from temptations, but often to be tried lest they become too secure, too filled with pride, or even too eager to fall back upon external comforts."
Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ
"If all were perfect, what should we have to suffer from others for God's sake? But God has so ordained, that we may learn to bear with one another's burdens, for there is no man without fault, no man without burden, no man sufficient to himself nor wise enough. Hence we must support one another, console one another, mutually help, counsel, and advise, for the measure of every man's virtue is best revealed in time of adversity -- adversity that does not weaken a man but rather shows what he is."
Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ
"Wherever you go, there you are."
Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ
"Let all things be loved for the sake of Jesus, but Jesus for His own sake."
Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ
"Do not let your peace depend on the words of men. Their thinking well or badly of you does not make you different from what you are. Where are true peace and glory? Are they not in Me? He who neither cares to please men nor fears to displease them will enjoy great peace, for all unrest and distraction of the senses arise out of disorderly love and vain fear."
Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ
"The cross, therefore, is always ready; it awaits you everywhere. No matter where you may go, you cannot escape it, for wherever you go you take yourself with you and shall always find yourself. Turn where you will—above, below, without, or within—you will find a cross in everything, and everywhere you must have patience if you would have peace within and merit an eternal crown."
Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ
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