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All Quotes by Thomas a Kempis
- Set me free from evil passions, and heal my heart of all inordinate affections; that being inwardly cured and thoroughly cleansed, I may be made…
- Whoever finds Jesus, finds a rich treasure, and a good above every good. He who loses Jesus loses much indeed, and more than the whole…
- Count not thyself to have found true peace, if thou hast felt no grief; nor that then all is well if thou hast no adversary;…
- He that loveth, flieth, runneth, and rejoiceth. He is free, and cannot be held in. He giveth all for all, and hath all in all,…
- Love Him, and keep Him for thy Friend, who, when all go away, will not forsake thee, nor suffer thee to perish at the last.
- 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 do.
- All earthly joy begins pleasantly, but at the end it gnaws and kills.
- Love feels no burden, regards not labors, strives toward more than it attains, argues not of impossibility, since it believes that it may and can…
- The more humble and obedient to God a man is, the more wise and at peace he will be in all that he does.
- O Lord, Thou knowest that which is best for us; let this or that be done, as Thou shalt please. Give what Thou wilt, how…
- All men desire peace, but very few desire those things that make for peace.
- He who loveth God with all his heart feareth not death, nor punishment, nor judgment, nor hell, because perfect love giveth sure access to God.…
- Love is a great thing, a good above all others, which alone maketh every burden light.
- Who is so wise as to have a perfect knowledge of all things? Therefore trust not too much to thine own opinion, but be ready…
- Love is a great thing, yea, a great and thorough good. By itself it makes what is heavy light; and bears evenly all that is…
- It carries a burden which is no burden; it will not be kept back by anything low and mean; it desires to be free from…
- Though weary, it is not tired: though pressed it is not straightened; though alarmed, it is not confounded; but as a living flame it forces…
- Let all your thoughts be with the Most High, and direct your humble prayers unceasingly to Christ. If you cannot contemplate high and heavenly things,…
- Jesus has many who love the kingdom of God, but few who bear a cross. He has many who desire His comfort, but few who…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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;…
- The end of all is death and man's life passeth away suddenly as a shadow.
- Bodily exercises are to be done discreetly; not to be taken evenly and alike by all men.
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