"He who knows himself well is mean and……" — Thomas a Kempis
"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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Thomas a Kempis
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232 Quotes by Thomas a Kempis
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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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In the same way that we need statesmen to spare us the abjection of exercising power, we need scholars to…
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The abjection of our political situation is the only true challenge today. Only facing up to this situation in all…
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I will go to my grave in a state of abject endless fascination that we all have the capacity to…
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Terrorists are not 100 feet tall. Nor do they deserve the abject fear they seek to instill.
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May we not suspect that the vague but very real fears of children, which are quite independent of experience, are…
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Self-respect will keep a man from being abject when he is in the power of enemies, and will enable him…
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I am proud up to the point of equality; everything above or below that appears to me arrant impertinence or…
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Let death be daily before your eyes, and you will never entertain any abject thought, nor too eagerly covet anything.
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The crisis is arrived when we must assert our rights, or submit to every imposition, that can be heaped upon…
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Social Science, is not a 'gay science' but rueful, which finds the secret of this universe in 'supply and demand'…
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If peace is equated simply with the absence of war, it can become abject pacifism that turns the world over…
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The Koran calls for belief and consequent obedience. It is, surely, calculated to inspire fear, indeed abject terror, rather than…
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