"Man proposes, but God disposes." — Thomas a Kempis
"Man proposes, but God disposes."
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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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Man has become a superman ... because he not only disposes oinnate, physical forces, but because he is in command…
— Albert Schweitzer
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The ambition of superior sensibility and superior eloquence disposes the lovers of arts to receive rapture at one time, and…
— Samuel Johnson
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At the center of our being is a point of nothingness which is untouched by illusion, a point of pure…
— Thomas Merton
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Whatever politicians, activists and manipulators propose, it is the phlegmatic, indifferent, ingrained electorate which disposes.
— Don Aitkin
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The way a question is asked limits and disposes the ways in which any answer to it-right or wrong-may be…
— Susanne Katherina Langer
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How I loathe the servitude people try to hold up to me as being so valuable. I pity the man…
— Andre Breton
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The Blood deals with what we have done, whereas the Cross deals with what we are. The Blood disposes of…
— Watchman Nee
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Mistress of love or of hate, occult science can dispense paradise or hell at its pleasure to human hearts; it…
— Eliphas Levi
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Man proposes, God disposes.
— Plautus
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A President and his wise men can only propose; but Congress disposes. It is when President and Congress agree that…
— Theodore White
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Consensus politics is a cyclical thing-in order to accumulate power, one must dispose of it, and as one disposes of…
— Tom Wicker
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Man proposes, and God disposes.
— Ludovico Ariosto
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