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Trust Not To Friends And Kindred, Neither Do Thou Put Off The Care Of Thy Soul's Welfare Til Hereafter; For Men Will Sooner Forget Thee Than Thou Art Aware Of.

-Thomas A Kempis

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Trust Not To Friends

Thomas A Kempis

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Trust Not To Friends And Kindred, Neither Do Thou Put Off The Care Of Thy Soul's Welfare Til Hereafter; For Men Will Sooner Forget Thee Than Thou Art Aware Of.

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Set Not Thyself To Attain Much Rest, But Much Patience.

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The Loftier The Building, The Deeper Must The Foundation Be Laid.

Of Two Evils We Must Always Choose The Least.

Ah, Lord God, Thou Holy Lover Of My Soul, When Thou Comest Into My Heart, All That Is Within Me Shall Rejoice.

Grace Is The Mastery Of Truth, The Teacher Of Discipline, The Light Of The Heart, The Comforter Of Affliction, The Banisher Of Sorrow, The Nurse Of Devotion.

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A Man That Is Well Ordered In His Soul Needeth Little The Unkind Demeanor Of Worldly People Nor Yet Their Proud Behavior.

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I Can Take Credit For Only Two Things: Pride And Sin.

Man Proposes, But God Disposes. [lat., Nam Homo Proponit, Sed Deus Disponit.]

Occasions Do Not Make A Man Either Strong Or Weak But They Show What He Is.

Sweet Shall Be Your Rest If Your Heart Does Not Reproach You.

No One Is Qualified To Converse In Public Except Those Contented To Do Without Such Conversation.

Thou Shalt Rest Sweetly If Thy Heart Condemn Thee Not.

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Salvation By The Cross. [lat., In Cruce Salus.]

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All Earthly Joy Begins Pleasantly, But At The End It Gnaws And Kills.

A Book Has But One Voice, But It Does Not Instruct Everyone Alike.

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The Better You Understand Yourself The Less Cause You Will Find To Love Yourself.

The More Humble And Obedient To God A Man Is, The More Wise And At Peace He Will Be In All That He Does.

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Know All And You Will Pardon All.

Wait For The Lord. Behave Yourself Manfully, And Be Of Good Courage. Do Not Be Faithless, But Stay In Your Place And Do Not Turn Back.

Happy Is The Man Who Renounces Everything Which May Bring A Stain Or Burden Upon His Conscience

The Glory Of The Good Is In Their Consciences, And Not In The Tongues Of Men.

A Lover Of Jesus And Of The Truth Can Lift Himself Above Himself In Spirit.

We Should Have Much More Peace If We Would Not Busy Ourselves With The Sayings And Doings Of Others.

It Carries A Burden Which Is No Burden; It Will Not Be Kept Back By Anything Low And Mean; It Desires To Be Free From All Wordly Affections, And Not To Be Entangled By Any Outward Prosperity, Or By Any Adversity Subdued.

All His Glory And Beauty Come From Within, And There He Delights To Dwell, His Visits There Are Frequent, His Conversation Sweet, His Comforts Refreshing; And His Peace Passing All Understanding.

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.

Carry The Cross Patiently, And With Perfect Submission; And In The End It Shall Carry You.

At The Least Bear Patiently, If Thou Canst Not Joyfully.

Many Deceive Themselves, Imagining They'll Find Happiness In Change.

Finding Happiness

Seek Not To Know Who Said This Or That, But Take Note Of What Has Been Said.

Such As Every Man Is Inwardly So He Judgeth Outwardly.

What Difference Does It Make To You What Someone Else Becomes, Or Says, Or Does? You Do Not Need To Answer For Others, Only For Yourself.

Forasmuch As Many People Study More To Have Knowledge Than To Live Well Therefore Ofttimes They Err And Bring Forth Little Fruit Or None.

Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind. The Absent Are Always In The Wrong.

Of Sight Out Of Mind

Great Tranquility Of Heart Is His Who Cares For Neither Praise Nor Blame.

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.

As Iron Cast Into Fire Loses Its Rust And Becomes Glowing White, So He Who Turns Completely To God Is Stripped Of His Sluggishness And Changed Into A New Man.

If Thou Hadst A Good Conscience Thou Wouldst Not Greatly Fear Death.

Oh, How Great Peace And Quietness Would He Possess Who Should Cut Off All Vain Anxiety And Place All His Confidence In God.

Don't Flatter The Rich, Or Appear To Willing Before The Great.

Love Is A Mighty Power, A Great And Complete Good. Love Alone Lightens Every Burden, And Makes Rough Places Smooth. It Bears Every Hardship As Though It Were Nothing, And Renders All Bitterness Sweet And Acceptable.

By Two Wings A Man Is Lifted Up From Things Earthly: By Simplicity And Purity.

No One Is So Good That He Is Immune From Temptation. We Will Never Be Entirely Free From It. . . . There Is No Order So Holy, No Place So Secret Where There Will Be No Temptation.

Man Considers The Actions, But God Weighs The Intentions.

A Disciple Once Complained, "you Tell Us Stories, But You Never Reveal Their Meaning To Us." The Master Replied, "how Would You Like It If Someone Offered You Fruit And Then Chewed It Up For You Before Giving It To You?" If Your Heart Is Straight With God, Then Every Creature Will Be To You A Mirror Of Life And A Book Of Holy Doctrine.

Do Not Read To Satisfy Curiosity Or To Pass The Time, But Study Such Things As Move Your Heart To Devotion.

Whoever Puts His Confidence In Men Or In Any Creature Is Very Foolish.

Whoever Finds Jesus, Finds A Rich Treasure, And A Good Above Every Good. He Who Loses Jesus Loses Much Indeed, And More Than The Whole World. Poorest Of All Is He Who Lives Without Jesus, And Richest Of All Is He Who Stands In Favor With Jesus.

Anyone Who Is Not Totally Dead To Himself Will Soon Find That He Is Tempted And Overcome By Piddling And Frivolous Things. Whoever Is Weak In Spirit, Given To The Flesh And Inclined To Sensual Things Can, But Only With Great Difficulty, Drag Himself Away From His Earthly Desires. Therefore He Is Often Gloomy And Sad When He Is Trying To Pull Himself Away From Them, And Easily Gives Way To Anger Should Someone Attempt To Oppose Him.

Do Not Be Influenced By The Importance Of The Writer, And Whether His Learning Be Great Or Small, But Let The Love Of Pure Truth Draw You To Read. Do Not Inquire, Who Said This? But Pay Attention To What Is Said.

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