394 Quotes by Thomas à Kempis


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    O Lord, self-renunciation is not the work of one day, nor children's sport; yea, rather in this word is included all perfection.

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    Simplicity and purity are the two wings by which a man is lifted above all earthly things. Simplicity is in the intention - purity in the affection. Simplicity tends to God,- purity apprehends and tastes Him.

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    A disciple once complained, "You tell us stories, but you never reveal their meaning to us." The master replied, "How would you like it if someone offered you fruit and then chewed it up for you before giving it to you?" If your heart is straight with God, then every creature will be to you a mirror of life and a book of holy doctrine.

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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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    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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