394 Quotes by Thomas à Kempis

Love is watchful. Sleeping, it does not slumber. Wearied, it is not tired. Pressed, it is not straitened. Alarmed, it is not confused, but like a living flame, a burning torch, it forces its way upward and passes unharmed through every obstacle.

Every man naturally desires knowledge; but what good is knowledge without fear of God? Indeed a humble rustic who serves God is better than a proud intellectual who neglects his soul to study the course of the stars.

Have therefore zeal to better thyself and then mayst thou have zeal to thy neighbor.

Now is the time to be doing, now is the time to be stirring, now is the time to amend myself.

There is no man in this world without some manner of tribulation or anguish, though he be king or pope.

Both above and below, without and within, which way so ever thou dost turn thee, everywhere thou shalt find the Cross; and everywhere of necessity thou must hold fast patience, if thou wilt have inward peace, and enjoy an everlasting crown.

God evaluates by this criterion: How much love you invest in what you do is more important than how you do. The one who loves much is actually the one who does much.

If thou hadst a good conscience thou wouldst not greatly fear death.

If you bear the cross gladly, it will bear you.