"A man is hindered and distracted in proportion……" — Thomas a Kempis
"A man is hindered and distracted in proportion as he draws outward things to himself."
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232 Quotes by Thomas a Kempis
Thomas a Kempis has 232 quotes on this site.
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Have therefore zeal to better thyself and then mayst thou have zeal to thy neighbor.
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We feel and weigh soon enough what we suffer from others: but how much others suffer from us, of this…
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In judging others a man laboreth in vain; he often erreth, and easily falleth into sin; but in judging and…
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I would far rather feel remorse than know how to define it.
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Set me free from evil passions, and heal my heart of all inordinate affections; that being inwardly cured and thoroughly…
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It is thy duty often times to do what thou wouldst not; thy duty too, to leave undone that thou…
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Love is swift, sincere, pious, joyful, generous, strong, patient, faithful, prudent, long-suffering, courageous, and never seeking its own; for wheresoever…
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Whatsoever is done in charity, however small and of no reputation it be, bringeth forth good fruit.
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To say that I am made in the image of God is to say that love is the reason for…
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Sweet shall be your rest if your heart does not reproach you.
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Trust not to your feelings for whatever they might be now, they will quickly be changed towards some other thing.
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If thou may not continually gather thyself together, do it sometime at least once a day, morning or evening.
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I'm a person of whim, and easily distracted. I don't like multitasking. When I'm doing one thing, I like to…
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I think there are times when you walk onto a set you can potentially be either intimidated or distracted by…
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You cannot control your own population by force, but it can be distracted by consumption.
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Generally we waste our lives, distracted from our true selves, in endless activity. Meditation is the way to bring us…
— Sogyal Rinpoche
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Because the demands on the goalie are mostly mental, it means that for a goalie the biggest enemy is himself.…
— Ken Dryden
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There's no greater sign of the failure of the American educational system than the extent to which Americans are distracted…
— Neil deGrasse Tyson
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When you are passionate, you always have your destination in sight and you are not distracted by obstacles. Because you…
— Mike Krzyzewski
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I think what has happened to our basketball team, we've been badly distracted. They're not reading too many positive things…
— Bill Russell
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It's just I might get distracted, and I get lost kind of easily, and sometimes I have really bad days...when,…
— Neil Gaiman
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Sometimes you really dig a girl, the moment you kiss her, And then you get distracted by her older sister.
— John Sebastian
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Be careful to not haul around in our lives so many nice but unnecessary things that we are distracted and…
— David A. Bednar
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Ours is supposed to be a government in which classes and distinctions melt into a harmonious whole. Until we reach…
— Timothy Thomas Fortune
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