Spirituality Quotes by Thomas a Kempis

11 Spirituality quotes by Thomas a Kempis

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Thomas a Kempis offers a compact collection of eleven meditations that echo the quiet yearning of a centuries‑old mystic, perfect for a quick pause in a busy day.

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“Many things there are to know which profiteth little or nothing to the soul.”

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Be therefore thankful for the least gift, so shalt thou be worthy to receive greater.

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Ah, Lord God, thou holy lover of my soul, when thou comest into my heart, all that is within me shall rejoice.

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He that seeketh anything else but simply God and the salvation of his soul, will find nothing but trouble and sorrow.

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Be thankful for the least gift, so shalt thou be meant to receive greater.

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He that seeks here any other thing but simply God and the salvation of his soul, will find nothing but trouble and…

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Study, therefore, to withdraw the love of your soul from all things that are visible, and turn it to things that are…

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“Go where thou wilt, seek what thou wilt, and thou shalt not find a higher way above, nor a safer way below,…

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Nothing is sweeter than love, nothing more courageous, nothing higher, nothing wider, nothing more pleasant, nothing fuller nor better in heaven and…

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Every man naturally desires knowledge; but what good is knowledge without fear of God? Indeed a humble rustic who serves God is…

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“Shun too great a desire for knowledge, for in it there is much fretting and delusion. Intellectuals like to appear learned and…

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Have therefore zeal to better thyself and then mayst thou have zeal to thy neighbor.

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To take no account of oneself, but always to think well and highly of others is the highest wisdom and perfection.

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It is easier not to speak a word at all than to speak more words than we should.

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Be Yourself -The man who is neither bent upon pleasing his fellows nor afraid of offending them will enjoy great peace.

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“0 true and heavenly grace, without which our own merits are nothing, and our natural gifts of no account! Neither arts nor riches, beauty…

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If you would endeavor, like men of courage, to stand in the battle, surely we would feel the favorable assistance of God from heaven.…

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“No man safely goeth abroad who loveth not to rest at home. No man safely talketh but he who loveth to hold his peace.…

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“Nature has a relish for knowing secrets and hearing news. It wishes to appear abroad and to have sense experiences. It wishes to be…

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Love is watchful. Sleeping, it does not slumber. Wearied, it is not tired. Pressed, it is not straitened. Alarmed, it is not confused, but…

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If you bear the cross gladly, it will bear you.

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Be thankful for the smallest blessing, and you will be worthy to receive greater.

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If you cast away one cross, you will certainly find another, and perhaps a heavier.

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Dispose thyself to patience rather than to comfort, and to the bearing of the cross rather than to gladness.

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