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Own Quotes by Thomas a Kempis
- 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 does much who loves God much, and he does much who does his deed well, and he does his deed well who does it…
- He is truly great who is little in his own eyes and makes nothing of the highest
- 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.…
- If you want to learn something that will really help you, learn to see yourself as God sees you and not as you see yourself…
- 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…
- Endeavor to be always patient of the faults and imperfections of others; for thou hast many faults and imperfections of thine own that require forbearance.…
- Gladly we desire to make other men perfect, but we will not amend our own fault.
- For it is the grace of Christ, and not our own virtue, that gives us the power to overcome the flesh and the world.
- 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…
- We would willingly have others perfect, and yet we amend not our own faults. We would have others severely corrected and will not be corrected…
- The highest in God's esteem are the lowest in their own.
- He who knows himself well is mean and abject in his own sight, and takes no delight in the vain praise of men.
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