Famous Quotes by Thomas a Kempis

Below are famous quotes by Thomas a Kempis - German mystic & religious author (1380 - 1471).

Be thankful for the least gift, so shalt thou be meant to receive greater.

Endeavor to be always patient of the faults and imperfections of others for thou has many faults and imperfections of thine own that require forbearance. If thou are not able to make thyself that which thou wishest, how canst thou expect to mold another in conformity to thy will?

Love flies, runs, and rejoices; it is free and nothing can hold it back.

Never be entirely idle; but either be reading, or writing, or praying or meditating or endeavoring something for the public good.

Of two evils we must always choose the least.

Remember that lost time does not return.

The good devout man first makes inner preparation for the actions he has later to perform. His outward actions do not draw him into lust and vice; rather it is he who bends them into the shape of reason and right judgement. Who has a stiffer battle to fight than the man who is striving to conquer himself.

Who has a harder fight than he who is striving to overcome himself.

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