394 Quotes by Thomas à Kempis

It is much safer to be subject than it is to command. Many live in obedience more from necessity than from love. Such become discontented and dejected on the slightest pretext; they will never gain peace of mind unless they subject themselves wholeheartedly for the love of God.

Set me free from evil passions, and heal my heart of all inordinate affections; that being inwardly cured and thoroughly cleansed, I may be made fit to love, courageous to suffer, steady to persevere.

For a small reward, a man will hurry away on a long journey; while for eternal life, many will hardly take a single step.

To be able to live peaceably with hard and perverse persons, or with the disorderly, or with such as go contrary to us, is a great grace.

A man that is well ordered in his soul needeth little the unkind demeanor of worldly people nor yet their proud behavior.

In the morning fix thy good purpose; and at night examine thyself what thou hast done, how thou hast behaved thyself in word, deed, and thought.

He that loveth, flieth, runneth, and rejoiceth. He is free, and cannot be held in. He giveth all for all, and hath all in all, because he resteth in one highest above all things, from whom all that is good flows and proceeds.

No confict is so severe as his who labors to subdue himself.

If your heart were sincere and upright, every creature would be unto you a looking-glass of life and a book of holy doctrine.