394 Quotes by Thomas à Kempis

At the least bear patiently, if thou canst not joyfully.

If thou hadst simplicity and purity, thou wouldst be able to comprehend all things without error, and behold them without danger. The pure heart safely pervades not only heaven, but hell.

Confidence is the illusion born of accidental success.

Who is so wise as to have a perfect knowledge of all things? Therefore trust not too much to thine own opinion, but be ready also to hear the opinion of others. Thought thine own opinion be good, yet if for the love of God thou foregoest it, and followest that of another, thou shalt the more profit thereby.

Carry the cross patiently, and with perfect submission; and in the end it shall carry you.

The glory of the good is in their consciences, and not in the tongues of men.

God is able to do more than man can understand.

So passes away the glory of this world. ('Sic transit gloria mundi.')

Happy is the man who renounces everything which may bring a stain or burden upon his conscience