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From Quotes by Thomas a Kempis
- We feel and weigh soon enough what we suffer from others: but how much others suffer from us, of this we take no heed.
- 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…
- Love is swift, sincere, pious, joyful, generous, strong, patient, faithful, prudent, long-suffering, courageous, and never seeking its own; for wheresoever a person seeketh his own,…
- 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,…
- The intention which is fixed on God as its only end will keep people steady in their purposes, and deliver them from being the joke…
- Two wings lift a person up from earthly concerns: Simplicity in intention, and Purity in feeling.
- It is much safer to be subject than it is to command. Many live in obedience more from necessity than from love. Such become discontented…
- We must imitate Christ's life and his ways if we are to be truly enlightened and set free from the darkness of our own hearts.…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- By two wings a man is lifted up from things earthly: by simplicity and purity.
- But because many endeavor to get knowledge rather than to live well, they are often deceived and reap little or no benefit from their labor.
- All His glory and beauty come from within, and there He delights to dwell, His visits there are frequent, His conversation sweet, His comforts refreshing;…
- Do not try to find a place free from temptations and troubles. Rather, seek a peace that endures even when you are beset by various…
- Whoever strives to withdraw from obedience, withdraws from grace.
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