Author: Thomas a Kempis

Quotes

First keep peace with yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.

First keep peace with yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.

- Thomas a Kempis

Man proposes, but God disposes.

Man proposes, but God disposes.

- Thomas a Kempis

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

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

- Thomas a Kempis

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

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

- Thomas a Kempis

A humble knowledge of thyself is a surer way to God than a deep search after learning.

A humble knowledge of thyself is a surer way to God than a deep search after learning.

- Thomas a Kempis

Without the way, there is no going; without the truth, there is no knowing; without the life, there is no living.

Without the way, there is no going; without the truth, there is no knowing; without the life, there is no living.

- Thomas a Kempis

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

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

- Thomas a Kempis

Never be entirely idle; but either be reading, or writing, or praying or meditating or endeavoring something for the public good.

Never be entirely idle; but either be reading, or writing, or praying or meditating or endeavoring something for the public good.

- Thomas a Kempis

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

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

- Thomas a Kempis

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