"A wise lover values not so much the……" — Thomas A Kempis
"A wise lover values not so much the gift of the lover as the love of the giver."
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Thomas A Kempis
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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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A voice is a human gift; it should be cherished and used, to utter fully human speech as possible. Powerlessness…
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Beauty is indeed a good gift of God; but that the good may not think it a great good, God…
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Every problem has a gift for you in its hands.
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Every gift from a friend is a wish for your happiness.
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What I work hard at doing is staying on a path of being kind and showing and proving that I'm…
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Anything that had to do with art I been doing all my life. It was a gift. It's nothing I…
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First, I have to thank God for giving me the gift that he did as well as a second chance…
— Oksana Baiul
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What law, what reason can deny that gift so sweet, so natural that God has given a stream, a fish,…
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The good thing about being an actor, and the gift of being an actor, is that you are beautifully forced…
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If you can give your child only one gift, let it be enthusiasm.
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Just as we would have no need of the farmer's labor and toil if we were living amid the delights…
— Saint Basil
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Art is elemental. Reason alone as it's expressed in the sciences can't be man's complete answer to reality, and it…
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