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Thy Quotes by Thomas a Kempis
- Have therefore zeal to better thyself and then mayst thou have zeal to thy neighbor.
- It is thy duty often times to do what thou wouldst not; thy duty too, to leave undone that thou wouldst do.
- And if thy heart be straight with God then every creature shall be to thee a mirror of life and a book of holy doctrine…
- Do what lieth in thy power, and God will assist in thy good will.
- 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;…
- 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.
- 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…
- Thy peace shall be in much patience.
- 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.…
- Thou shalt rest sweetly if thy heart condemn thee not.
- 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…
- Let temporal things serve thy use, but the eternal be the object of thy desire.
- How sweet it is to love, and to be dissolved, and as it were to bathe myself in thy love.
- Let this be thy whole endeavor, this thy prayer, this thy desire,-that thou mayest be stripped of all selfishness, and with entire simplicity follow Jesus…
More Thy Quotes
- I understand thy kisses, and thou mine, And that's a feeling disputation. — William Shakespeare
- Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last. — Aristotle
- Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love. — Francis of Assisi
- Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation… — Marcus Aurelius
- . . . yet do I fear thy nature; It is too full o' the milk of human kindness To catch the… — William Shakespeare
- Nor knowest thou what argument Thy life to thy neighbor's creed has lent. All are needed by each one; Nothing is fair… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- What early tongue so sweet saluteth me? Young son, it argues a distemper'd head So soon to bid good morrow to thy… — William Shakespeare
- Weary with toil, I haste me to my bed The dear repose for limbs with travel tired; But then begins a journey… — William Shakespeare