Facts about Thomas Kempis 
Summary
Thomas Kempis was a famous Writer from Germany, who lived between and 1471 AC.
Biography
Thomas à Kempis was a German who lived in the Augustinian monastery at Zwolle in the Netherlands. He wrote, among other things, the Imitatio Christi (Christ's succession) in 1418, a guide in spiritual fervor. Our collection contains 32 quotes who is written / told by Thomas, under the main topics: Anger, Architecture.
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Famous quotes by Thomas Kempis (32)
"A man is hindered and distracted in proportion as he draws outward things to himself"
"Activate yourself to duty by remembering your position, who you are, and what you have obliged yourself to be"
"All men commend patience, although few are willing to practice it"
"An humble knowledge of thyself is a surer way to God than a deep search after learning"
"At the Day of Judgment, we shall not be asked what we have read, but what we have done"
"Be assured that if you knew all, you would pardon all"
"Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be"
"Bear the Cross cheerfully and it will bear you"
"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"
"First keep peace with yourself, then you can also bring peace to others"
"Gladly we desire to make other men perfect, but we will not amend our own fault"
"Great tranquility of heart is his who cares for neither praise not blame"
"He who loves with purity considers not the gift of the lover, but the love of the giver"
"He will easily be content and at peace, whose conscience is pure"
"How quickly passes away the glory of this world"
"How seldom we weigh our neighbor in the same balance with ourselves"
"I would far rather feel remorse than know how to define it"
"If you cannot mould yourself entirely as you would wish, how can you expect other people to be entirely to your liking?"
"Intelligence must follow faith, never precede it, and never destroy it"
"It is much safer to obey than to rule"
"Love feels no burden, thinks nothing of trouble, attempts what is above its strength, pleads no excuse of impossibility; for it thinks all things lawful for itself, and all things possible"
"Man proposes, but God disposes"
"No man ruleth safely but he that is willingly ruled"
"Occasions do not make a man either strong or weak but they show what he is"
"Of two evils, the less is always to be chosen"
"Oh, how great peace and quietness would he possess who should cut off all vain anxiety and place all his confidence in God"
"Out of sight, out of mind. The absent are always in the wrong"
"Purity and simplicity are the two wings with which man soars above the earth and all temporary nature"
"The acknowledgment of our weakness is the first step in repairing our loss"
"The loftier the building, the deeper must the foundation be laid"
"What else does anxiety about the future bring you but sorrow upon sorrow?"
"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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