394 Quotes by Thomas à Kempis

Love is a mighty power, a great and complete good. Love alone lightens every burden, and makes rough places smooth. It bears every hardship as though it were nothing, and renders all bitterness sweet and acceptable.

Salvation by the cross. [Lat., In cruce salus.]

Bodily exercises are to be done discreetly; not to be taken evenly and alike by all men.

Whoever finds Jesus, finds a rich treasure, and a good above every good. He who loses Jesus loses much indeed, and more than the whole world. Poorest of all is he who lives without Jesus, and richest of all is he who stands in favor with Jesus.

Our own opinion of ourselves should be lower than that formed by others, for we have a better chance at our imperfections.

Thy peace shall be in much patience.

So fixed are our spirits in slothfulness and cold indifference that we seldom overcome so much as one evil habit.

Few spirits are made better by the pain and languor of sickness; as few great pilgrims become eminent saints.

At the day of judgment we shall not be asked what we have read but what we have done.