All Thomas a Kempis Quotes
- If you would endeavor, like men of courage, to stand in the battle, surely we would feel the favorable assistance of God from heaven. For… Assistance
- Gladly we desire to make other men perfect, but we will not amend our own fault. Amend
- Christ willed to suffer and be despised and do you dare complain of the same? Christ had adversaries and backbiters; and do you wish to… Adversaries
- Love wakes much and sleeps little and, in sleeping, does not sleep. It faints is not weary; it is restricted in its liberty and is… All
- My God, Sweetness beyond words, make bitter all the carnal comfort that draws me from love of the eternal and lures me to its evil… Age
- Love is a great thing...which alone maketh every burden light.. Love is watchful, and while sleeping, still keeps watch; though fatigued, it is not weary;… All
- Of two evils, the lesser must always be chosen De duobus malis, minus est semper eligendum Chosen
- For it is the grace of Christ, and not our own virtue, that gives us the power to overcome the flesh and the world. Christ
- Grace is the mastery of truth, the teacher of discipline, the light of the heart, the comforter of affliction, the banisher of sorrow, the nurse… Affliction
- Seek not to know who said this or that, but take note of what has been said. Been
- How should thy patience be crowned in heaven if none adversity should befall to thee in earth? If thou wilt suffer none adversity how mayest… Adversity
- There is no man in this world without some manner of tribulation or anguish, though he be king or pope. Adversity
- If you bear the cross gladly, it will bear you. Bear
- The end of all is death and man's life passeth away suddenly as a shadow. All
- Is a man one whit the better because he is grown great in other men's esteem? Better
- What thou art, that thou art; that God knoweth thee to be and thou canst be said to be no greater. Art
- Such as every man is inwardly so he judgeth outwardly. Every Man
- Forasmuch as many people study more to have knowledge than to live well therefore ofttimes they err and bring forth little fruit or none. Bring
- Man sees your actions, but God your motives. Action
- Do not interfere when your opinion is not sought. Inspirational
- Let temporal things serve thy use, but the eternal be the object of thy desire. Desire
- Bodily exercises are to be done discreetly; not to be taken evenly and alike by all men. Alike
- No man is safe above but he that will gladly be beneath. Beneath
- You will never be an inwardly religious and devout man unless you pass over in silence the shortcomings of your fellow men, and diligently examine… Devout
- No man is without his load of trouble. Inspirational