Oh, how swiftly the glory of the world passes away!
About Thomas a Kempis
Thomas a Kempis, CRVwas a German-Dutch Catholic canon regular of the late medieval period and the author of The Imitation of Christ, published anonymously in Latin in the Netherlands c. 1418-1427, one of the most popular and best known Christian devotional books. His name means “Thomas of Kempen”, Kempen being his home town.
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What difference does it make to you what someone else becomes, or says, or does? You do not need to answer for others, only for yourself.
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Remember that lost time does not return.
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Oh, how swiftly the glory of the world passes away!
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Never be entirely idle; but either be reading, or writing, or praying or meditating or endeavoring something for the public good.
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Of two evils we must always choose the least.
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