394 Quotes by Thomas à Kempis

Temptations discover what you are.

It is better to feel repentance, than to be able to define it.

Praise adds nothing to your holiness, nor does blame take anything from it. You are what you are, and you cannot be said to be better than you are in God’s sight.

We must imitate Christ’s life and his ways if we are to be truly enlightened and set free from the darkness of our own hearts. Let it be the most important thing we do, then, to reflect on the life of Jesus Christ.

To say that I am made in the image of God is to say that love is the reason for my existence, for God is love.

All that is in the world is vanity except to love God and serve him only.

The end of all is death and man’s life passeth away suddenly as a shadow.

Don’t think so much about who is for or against you, rather give all your care, that God be with you in everything you do.

Of two evils, the lesser must always be chosen De duobus malis, minus est semper eligendum.