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Thomas ? Kempis
We shall not...
We shall not be asked what we have read, but what we have done.
Source: In The...
The reflections on...
The reflections on a day well spent furnish us with joys more pleasing than ten thousand...
Life without a...
Life without a purpose is a languid, drifting thing; every day we ought to review our purpose, saying to ourselves:...
The acknowledgment of...
The acknowledgment of our weakness is the first step toward repairing our loss.
All men commend...
All men commend patience, although few be willing to practice it.
Source: De...
For a small...
For a small reward a man will hurry away on a long journey, while for eternal life many will hardly take a single...
Trust not thy...
Trust not thy feeling, for whatever it be now, it will quickly be changed.
Source:...
Man considers the...
Man considers the actions, but God weighs the intentions.
Source: De Imitatione...
Permit no hour...
Permit no hour to go by without it due improvement.
Source: In
How quickly the...
How quickly the world's glory passes away.
Source: De Imitatione Christi
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Wherever you go,...
Wherever you go, you will always bear yourself about with you, and so you will always find...
An humble knowledge...
An humble knowledge of thyself is a surer way to God than a deep search after learning.
Activate yourself to...
Activate yourself to duty by remembering your position, who you are, and what you have obliged yourself to...
If thou may...
If thou may not continually gather thyself together, do it some time at least once a day, morning or...
Adversities do not...
Adversities do not make a man frail. They show what sort of man he is.
Source: In...
Would to God...
Would to God that we might spend a single day really well!
Source: The Imitation of...
We are often...
We are often moved with passion and think it to be zeal.
Source: De Imitatione...
For man proposes,...
For man proposes, but God disposes.
Source: De Imitatione Christi
-- Thomas ?...
If you cannot...
If you cannot mould yourself as you would wish, how can you expect other people to be entirely to your...
Don't think so...
Don't think so much about who is for or against you, rather give all your care, that God be with you in everything you...