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Type: Writer Quotes Category: German Writer Quotes Year of Birth: 1380 Year of Death: 1471 Nationality: German Find on Amazon: Thomas Kempis Related Authors: Thomas Mann Anne Frank Michael Ende Denis Johnson Erich Maria Remarque Hermann Broch Walter Anderson |
A man is hindered and distracted in proportion as he draws outward things to himself.
Thomas Kempis Activate yourself to duty by remembering your position, who you are, and what you have obliged yourself to be. Thomas Kempis All men commend patience, although few are willing to practice it. Thomas Kempis An humble knowledge of thyself is a surer way to God than a deep search after learning. Thomas Kempis At the Day of Judgment, we shall not be asked what we have read, but what we have done. Thomas Kempis Be assured that if you knew all, you would pardon all. Thomas Kempis Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be. Thomas Kempis Bear the Cross cheerfully and it will bear you. Thomas Kempis 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. Thomas Kempis First keep peace with yourself, then you can also bring peace to others. Thomas Kempis First keep the peace within yourself, then you can also bring peace to others. Thomas Kempis Gladly we desire to make other men perfect, but we will not amend our own fault. Thomas Kempis Great tranquility of heart is his who cares for neither praise not blame. Thomas Kempis He who loves with purity considers not the gift of the lover, but the love of the giver. Thomas Kempis He will easily be content and at peace, whose conscience is pure. Thomas Kempis How quickly passes away the glory of this world. Thomas Kempis How seldom we weigh our neighbor in the same balance with ourselves. Thomas Kempis I would far rather feel remorse than know how to define it. Thomas Kempis If you cannot mould yourself entirely as you would wish, how can you expect other people to be entirely to your liking? Thomas Kempis Intelligence must follow faith, never precede it, and never destroy it. Thomas Kempis It is much safer to obey than to rule. Thomas Kempis It is much safer to obey, than to govern. Thomas Kempis 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. Thomas Kempis Man proposes, but God disposes. Thomas Kempis No man ruleth safely but he that is willingly ruled. Thomas Kempis Occasions do not make a man either strong or weak but they show what he is. Thomas Kempis Of two evils, the less is always to be chosen. Thomas Kempis Oh, how great peace and quietness would he possess who should cut off all vain anxiety and place all his confidence in God. Thomas Kempis Out of sight, out of mind. The absent are always in the wrong. Thomas Kempis Purity and simplicity are the two wings with which man soars above the earth and all temporary nature. Thomas Kempis The acknowledgment of our weakness is the first step in repairing our loss. Thomas Kempis The loftier the building the deeper the foundation must be. Thomas Kempis The loftier the building, the deeper must the foundation be laid. Thomas Kempis The only safe ruler is he who has learned to obey willingly. Thomas Kempis 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. Thomas Kempis We usually know what we can do, but temptation shows us who we are. Thomas Kempis What else does anxiety about the future bring you but sorrow upon sorrow? Thomas Kempis What most of all hinders heavenly consolation is that you are too slow in turning yourself to prayer. Thomas Kempis Who has a harder fight than he who is striving to overcome himself. Thomas Kempis Without the way, there is no going; without the truth, there is no knowing; without the life, there is no living. Thomas Kempis |
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