“As long as you live, you will be subject to change, whether you will it or not - now glad, now sorrowful;… — Thomas à Kempis Copy Share Image
“Look at our fathers in the old days, living masterpieces as they are and shining examples of true religion; and see how… — Thomas à Kempis Copy Share Image
Few spirits are made better by the pain and languor of sickness; as few great pilgrims become eminent saints. — Thomas a Kempis Copy Share Image
You will never be an inwardly religious and devout man unless you pass over in silence the shortcomings of your fellow men,… — Thomas a Kempis Copy Share Image
Too many instances there are of daring men, who by presuming to sound the deep things of religion, have cavilled and argued… — Thomas a Kempis Copy Share Image
“Pardon me also, and deal mercifully with me, as often as I think of anything besides You in prayer. For I confess… — Thomas à Kempis Copy Share Image
When comfort is withdrawn, do not be cast down, but humbly and patiently await the visitation of God. He is able and… — Thomas a Kempis Copy Share Image
Some people are tempted most strongly at the beginning of their spiritual life, others near the end. Some are troubled all their… — Thomas a Kempis Copy Share Image
Do not read to satisfy curiosity or to pass the time, but study such things as move your heart to devotion. — Thomas a Kempis Copy Share Image
So fixed are our spirits in slothfulness and cold indifference that we seldom overcome so much as one evil habit. — Thomas a Kempis Copy Share Image
“Not everyone can have the same devotion. One exactly suits this person, another that. Different exercises, likewise, are suitable for different times,… — Thomas à Kempis Copy Share Image
“It is a hard thing to break through a habit and a yet harder thing to go contrary to our own will.… — Thomas à Kempis Copy Share Image
The more spiritual a man desires to be, the more bitter does his present life become to him; because he sees more… — Thomas a Kempis Copy Share Image
My God, Sweetness beyond words, make bitter all the carnal comfort that draws me from love of the eternal and lures me… — Thomas a Kempis Copy Share Image
Grace is the mastery of truth, the teacher of discipline, the light of the heart, the comforter of affliction, the banisher of… — Thomas a Kempis Copy Share Image
The more spiritual a man desires to be, the more bitter does this present life become to him, because he perceives better… — Thomas a Kempis Copy Share Image
If thou wilt receive profit, read with humility, simplicity and faith, and seek not at any time the fame of being learned. — Thomas a Kempis Copy Share Image
A pure, sincere, and stable spirit is not distracted though it be employed in many works; for that it works all to… — Thomas a Kempis Copy Share Image
A lover of Jesus and of the truth can lift himself above himself in spirit. — Thomas a Kempis Copy Share Image
Have therefore zeal to better thyself and then mayst thou have zeal to thy neighbor. — Thomas a Kempis Copy Share Image
And if thy heart be straight with God then every creature shall be to thee a mirror of life and a book of holy… — Thomas a Kempis Copy Share Image
Patience is necessary in this life because so much of life is fraught with adversity. No matter how hard we try, our lives will… — Thomas a Kempis Copy Share Image
To take no account of oneself, but always to think well and highly of others is the highest wisdom and perfection. — Thomas a Kempis Copy Share Image
It is easier not to speak a word at all than to speak more words than we should. — Thomas a Kempis Copy Share Image
Be Yourself -The man who is neither bent upon pleasing his fellows nor afraid of offending them will enjoy great peace. — Thomas a Kempis Copy Share Image
“0 true and heavenly grace, without which our own merits are nothing, and our natural gifts of no account! Neither arts nor riches, beauty… — Thomas à Kempis Copy Share Image
If you would endeavor, like men of courage, to stand in the battle, surely we would feel the favorable assistance of God from heaven.… — Thomas a Kempis Copy Share Image
“No man safely goeth abroad who loveth not to rest at home. No man safely talketh but he who loveth to hold his peace.… — Thomas à Kempis Copy Share Image
“Nature has a relish for knowing secrets and hearing news. It wishes to appear abroad and to have sense experiences. It wishes to be… — Thomas à Kempis Copy Share Image
Love is watchful. Sleeping, it does not slumber. Wearied, it is not tired. Pressed, it is not straitened. Alarmed, it is not confused, but… — Thomas a Kempis Copy Share Image
