Thomas Kempis Quotes
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The acknowledgment of our weakness is the first step in repairing our loss.
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The highest and most profitable learning is the knowledge of ourselves. To have a low opinion of our own merits, and to think highly of others, is an evidence of wisdom. All men are frail, but thou shouldst reckon none so frail as thyself.
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The life of a faithful Christian man is a guide to paradise.
[Influence]
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The loftier the building, the deeper must the foundation be laid.
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The only safe ruler is he who has learned to obey willingly.
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The reflections on a day well spent furnish us with joys more pleasing than ten thousand triumphs.
[Reflection]
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There is no man in this world without some manner of tribulation or anguish, though he be king or pope.
[Acceptance]
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Wait for the Lord. Behave yourself manfully, and be of good courage. Do not be faithless, but stay in your place and do not turn back.
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We usually know what we can do, but temptation shows us who we are.
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What canst thou see elsewhere which thou canst not see here? Behold the heaven and the earth and all the elements; for of these are all things created.
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What difference does it make to you what someone else becomes, or says, or does? You do not need to answer for others, only for yourself.
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What else does anxiety about the future bring you but sorrow upon sorrow?
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What most of all hinders heavenly consolation is that you are too slow in turning yourself to prayer.
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Who has a harder fight than he who is striving to overcome himself.
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Without the way, there is no going; without the truth, there is no knowing; without the life, there is no living.
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