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42 quotes by Thomas a Kempis

Thomas à Kempis, C.R.S.A. Born 1380 Kempen, Prince-Archbishopric of Cologne, Holy Roman Empire Died 25 July 1471 Zwolle, Bishopric of Utrecht, Holy Roman Empire Other names Thomas von Kempen Thomas Haemerkken Thomas Hammerlein Thomas Hemerken Thomas Hämerken Ethnicity Dutch Occupation Canon Regular, author, scribe Known for The Imitation of Christ Monument on Mount Saint Agnes in Zwolle "Here lived Thomas van Kempen in the service of...
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First keep peace with yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.

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Love feels no burden, thinks nothing of trouble, attempts what is above its strength, pleads no excuse of impossibility; for it thinks all things... →

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Purity and simplicity are the two wings with which man soars above the earth and all temporary nature.

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Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be.

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Great tranquility of heart is his who cares for neither praise nor blame.

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He who loves with purity considers not the gift of the lover, but the love of the giver.

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All men commend patience, although few are willing to practice it.

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Who has a harder fight than he who is striving to overcome himself.

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At the Day of Judgment, we shall not be asked what we have read, but what we have done.

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If you cannot mould yourself entirely as you would wish, how can you expect other people to be entirely to your liking?

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We usually know what we can do, but temptation shows us who we are.

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Oh, how great peace and quietness would he possess who should cut off all vain anxiety and place all his confidence in God.

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Activate yourself to duty by remembering your position, who you are, and what you have obliged yourself to be.

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