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Thomas Kempis
German
Writer
About the author
A man is hindered and distracted in proportion as he draws outward things to himself.
Thomas Kempis,
German
Writer
#Man
Gladly we desire to make other men perfect, but we will not amend our own fault.
Thomas Kempis,
German
Writer
#Will
#Men
#Desire
#Fault
First keep peace with yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.
Thomas Kempis,
German
Writer
#Peace
#First
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,
German
Writer
#Labor
#Knowledge
Bear the Cross cheerfully and it will bear you.
Thomas Kempis,
German
Writer
#Will
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,
German
Writer
Be assured that if you knew all, you would pardon all.
Thomas Kempis,
German
Writer
At the Day of Judgment, we shall not be asked what we have read, but what we have done.
Thomas Kempis,
German
Writer
#Day
#Judgment
An humble knowledge of thyself is a surer way to God than a deep search after learning.
Thomas Kempis,
German
Writer
#God
#Deep
#Knowledge
#Learning
Great tranquility of heart is his who cares for neither praise not blame.
Thomas Kempis,
German
Writer
#Heart
#Blame
#Praise
#Tranquility
Activate yourself to duty by remembering your position, who you are, and what you have obliged yourself to be.
Thomas Kempis,
German
Writer
#Duty
What most of all hinders heavenly consolation is that you are too slow in turning yourself to prayer.
Thomas Kempis,
German
Writer
#Prayer
Without the way, there is no going; without the truth, there is no knowing; without the life, there is no living.
Thomas Kempis,
German
Writer
#Life
#Living
#Truth
What else does anxiety about the future bring you but sorrow upon sorrow?
Thomas Kempis,
German
Writer
#Future
#Sorrow
#Anxiety
All men commend patience, although few are willing to practice it.
Thomas Kempis,
German
Writer
#Patience
#Practice
#Men
Occasions do not make a man either strong or weak but they show what he is.
Thomas Kempis,
German
Writer
#Man
He who loves with purity considers not the gift of the lover, but the love of the giver.
Thomas Kempis,
German
Writer
#Love
#Purity
Who has a harder fight than he who is striving to overcome himself.
Thomas Kempis,
German
Writer
#Fight
The only safe ruler is he who has learned to obey willingly.
Thomas Kempis,
German
Writer
The loftier the building, the deeper must the foundation be laid.
Thomas Kempis,
German
Writer
#Building
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,
German
Writer
#Courage
The acknowledgment of our weakness is the first step in repairing our loss.
Thomas Kempis,
German
Writer
#First
#Weakness
#Loss
Purity and simplicity are the two wings with which man soars above the earth and all temporary nature.
Thomas Kempis,
German
Writer
#Earth
#Man
#Nature
#Simplicity
#Purity
Out of sight, out of mind. The absent are always in the wrong.
Thomas Kempis,
German
Writer
#Wrong
#Mind
#Sight
We usually know what we can do, but temptation shows us who we are.
Thomas Kempis,
German
Writer
#Temptation
Of two evils, the less is always to be chosen.
Thomas Kempis,
German
Writer
No man ruleth safely but he that is willingly ruled.
Thomas Kempis,
German
Writer
#Man
Man proposes, but God disposes.
Thomas Kempis,
German
Writer
#God
#Man
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,
German
Writer
#Love
#Nothing
#Strength
#Trouble
#Burden
#Impossibility
It is much safer to obey than to rule.
Thomas Kempis,
German
Writer
Intelligence must follow faith, never precede it, and never destroy it.
Thomas Kempis,
German
Writer
#Faith
#Intelligence
If you cannot mould yourself entirely as you would wish, how can you expect other people to be entirely to your liking?
Thomas Kempis,
German
Writer
#People
I would far rather feel remorse than know how to define it.
Thomas Kempis,
German
Writer
#Remorse
How seldom we weigh our neighbor in the same balance with ourselves.
Thomas Kempis,
German
Writer
#Balance
How quickly passes away the glory of this world.
Thomas Kempis,
German
Writer
#World
#Glory
He will easily be content and at peace, whose conscience is pure.
Thomas Kempis,
German
Writer
#Will
#Peace
#Conscience
#Content
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,
German
Writer
#God
#Peace
#Confidence
#Anxiety