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

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

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

Man proposes, but God disposes.

Man proposes, but God disposes.

- 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

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

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

- Thomas a Kempis

But because many endeavor to get knowledge rather than to live well, they are often deceived and reap little or no benefit from their labor.

But because many endeavor to get knowledge rather than to live well, they are often deceived and reap little or no benefit from their labor.

- Thomas a Kempis

Gladly we desire to make other men perfect, but we will not amend our own fault.

Gladly we desire to make other men perfect, but we will not amend our own fault.

- 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

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