394 Quotes by Thomas à Kempis

Love longs to be free, a stranger to every worldly desire, lest its inner vision become dimmed, and lest worldly self-interest hinder it or ill-fortune cast it down.

If thou may not continually gather thyself together, do it sometime at least once a day, morning or evening.

Trust not to your feelings for whatever they might be now, they will quickly be changed towards some other thing.

Do not try to find a place free from temptations and troubles. Rather, seek a peace that endures even when you are beset by various temptations and tried by much adversity.

Simplicity is the intention, purity in the affection; simplicity turns to God, purity unites with and enjoys him.

We would willingly have others perfect, and yet we amend not our own faults. We would have others severely corrected and will not be corrected ourselves. The large liberty of others displeases us, and yet we will not have our own desires denied us. We will have others kept under by strict laws, but in no sort will ourselves be restrained. And thus it appears how seldom we weigh our neighbor in the same balance with ourselves.

Therefore, a man ought to root himself so firmly in God that he will not need the consolations of men.

The measure of every man’s virtue is best revealed in time of adversity - adversity that does not weaken a man but rather shows what he is.

If you wish to live in peace and harmony with others, you must learn to discipline yourself in many ways.