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Who Is So Wise As To Have A Perfect Knowledge Of All Things? Therefore Trust Not Too Much To Thine Own Opinion, But Be Ready Also To Hear The Opinion Of Others. Thought Thine Own Opinion Be Good, Yet If For The Love Of God Thou Foregoest It, And Followest That Of Another, Thou Shalt The More Profit Thereby.

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Thomas A Kempis

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Who Is So Wise As To Have A Perfect Knowledge Of All Things? Therefore Trust Not Too Much To Thine Own Opinion, But Be Ready Also To Hear The Opinion Of Others. Thought Thine Own Opinion Be Good, Yet If For The Love Of God Thou Foregoest It, And Followest That Of Another, Thou Shalt The More Profit Thereby.

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So Passes Away The Glory Of This World. ('sic Transit Gloria Mundi.')

For It Is The Grace Of Christ, And Not Our Own Virtue, That Gives Us The Power To Overcome The Flesh And The World.

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Habit Is Overcome By Habit. [lat., Consuetudo Consuetudine Vincitur.]

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All Is Vanity But To Love God And Serve Him.

He Who Loveth God With All His Heart Feareth Not Death, Nor Punishment, Nor Judgment, Nor Hell, Because Perfect Love Giveth Sure Access To God. But He Who Still Delighteth In Sin, No Marvel If He Is Afraid Of Death And Judgment.

Bodily Exercises Are To Be Done Discreetly; Not To Be Taken Evenly And Alike By All Men.

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Some People Are Tempted Most Strongly At The Beginning Of Their Spiritual Life, Others Near The End. Some Are Troubled All Their Lives. Still Others Receive Only Light Temptation. Such Things Are Decided By God, And We Can Trust His Wisdom.

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

And If Thy Heart Be Straight With God Then Every Creature Shall Be To Thee A Mirror Of Life And A Book Of Holy Doctrine For There Is No Creature So Little Or So Despised But That Sheweth And Representeth The Goodness Of God.

Would To God That We Might Spend A Single Day Really Well!

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

Too Many Instances There Are Of Daring Men, Who By Presuming To Sound The Deep Things Of Religion, Have Cavilled And Argued Themselves Out Of All Religion.

No Man Ruleth Safely But He That Is Willingly Ruled.

Christ Willed To Suffer And Be Despised And Do You Dare Complain Of The Same? Christ Had Adversaries And Backbiters; And Do You Wish To Have All Men Your Friends And Benefactors? When Shall Your Patience Attain Her Crown If No Adversity Befalls You? If You Are Willing To Suffer Naught That Is Against You, How Will You Be The Friend Of Christ?

Thou Art My Glory And The Exultation Of Y Heart: Thou Art My Hope And Refuge In The Day Of My Trouble.

Gladly We Desire To Make Other Men Perfect, But We Will Not Amend Our Own Fault.

Wheresoever We Seek Our Own, There We Fall From Love.

Love Is A Great Thing, A Good Above All Others, Which Alone Maketh Every Burden Light.

The Enemy Is More Easily Overcome If He Be Not Suffered To Enter The Door Of Our Hearts, But Be Resisted Without The Gate At His First Knock.

We Usually Know What We Can Do, But Temptation Shows Us Who We Are.

If You Seek Jesus In All Things You Will Surely Find Jesus. And If You Seek Yourself, You Will Surely Find Yourself, But Only To Your Ruin.

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Trust Not To Your Feelings For Whatever They Might Be Now, They Will Quickly Be Changed Towards Some Other Thing.

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.

The Lord Has Many Lovers Of His Crown But Few Lovers Of His Cross.

And When He Is Out Of Sight, Quickly Also He Is Out Of Mind.

Love Him, And Keep Him For Thy Friend, Who, When All Go Away, Will Not Forsake Thee, Nor Suffer Thee To Perish At The Last.

Of What Use Is A Long Life, If We Amend So Little? Alas, A Long Life Often Adds To Our Sins Rather Than To Our Virtue!

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

May Not Be Your Peace In The Mouth Of The Men; Since No Matter If They Thing Good Or Bad About You, You Should Not Be A Different Man Because Of That.

Thy Peace Shall Be In Much Patience.

O Lord, You Know What Is Best For Me. Let This Or That Be Done, As You Please. Give What You Will, How Much You Will, And When You Will.

But Because Many Endeavor To Get Knowledge Rather Than To Live Well, They Are Often Deceived And Reap Little Or No Benefit From Their Labor.

There Is No Creature So Small And Abject, That It Representeth Not The Goodness Of God.

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How Seldom We Weigh Our Neighbor In The Same Balance With Ourselves.

Wherever You Go, You Will Always Bear Yourself About With You, And So You Will Always Find Yourself.

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Who Has A Harder Fight Than He Who Is Striving To Overcome Himself.

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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.

He Will Be With You Also, All The Way, That Faithful God. Every Morning When You Awaken To The Old And Tolerable Pain, At Every Mile Of The Hot Uphill Dusty Road Of Tiring Duty, On To The Judgment Seat, The Same Christ There As Ever, Still Loving You, Still Sufficient For You, Even Then. And Then, On Through All Eternity.

If You Can Win Complete Mastery Over Self, You Will Easily Master All Else. To Triumph Over Self Is The Perfect Victory.

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How Sweet It Is To Love, And To Be Dissolved, And As It Were To Bathe Myself In Thy Love.

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

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

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Oh How Swiftly The Glory Of The World Passes Away! If Only The Lives Of These Men Had Been As Admirable As Their Learning, Their Study And Reading Would Have Been To Good Purpose! But How Many In This World Care Little For The Service Of God, And Perish In Their Vain Learning. Because They Choose To Be Great Rather Than Humble, They Perish In Their Own Conceit.

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O Lord, Self-renunciation Is Not The Work Of One Day, Nor Children's Sport; Yea, Rather In This Word Is Included All Perfection.

No One Can Obtain From The Pope A Dispensation For Never Dying. [lat., Nemo Impetrare Potest A Papa Bullam Numquam Moriendi.]

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Temptations Discover What You Are.

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

Old Custom Is Hard To Break And Scarce Any Man Will Be Led Otherwise Than Seemeth Good Unto Himself.

You Are A Man, Not God; You Are Human, Not An Angel. How Can You Expect To Remain Always In A Constant State Of Virtue, When This Was Not Possible Even For An Angel Of Heaven, Nor For The First Man In The Garden?

If Your Heart Were Sincere And Upright, Every Creature Would Be Unto You A Looking-glass Of Life And A Book Of Holy Doctrine.

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For The Multitude Of Worldly Friends Profiteth Not, Nor May Strong Helpers Anything Avail, Nor Wise Counselors Give Profitable Counsel, Nor The Cunning Of Doctors Give Consolation, Nor Riches Deliver In Time Of Need, Nor A Secret Place To Defend, If Thou, Lord, Do Not Assist, Help, Comfort, Counsel, Inform, And Defend.

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

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.

Do Not Let Your Peace Depend On What People Say Of You... True Peace And Joy Is To Be Found In [jesus] Alone.

Study To Do Another's Will Rather Than Thine Own. Choose Ever To Have Less Rather Than More. Seek Ever The Lower Place And To Be Subject To All; Ever Wish And Pray That The Will Of God May Be Perfectly Done In Thee And In All. Behold Such A Man Enters The Bounds Of Peace And Calm.

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.

Love Is A Great Thing, Yea, A Great And Thorough Good. By Itself It Makes What Is Heavy Light; And Bears Evenly All That Is Uneven.

Be Thankful For The Smallest Blessing, And You Will Be Worthy To Receive Greater.

The Acknowledgment Of Our Weakness Is The First Step In Repairing Our Loss.

He That Loveth, Flieth, Runneth, And Rejoiceth. He Is Free, And Cannot Be Held In. He Giveth All For All, And Hath All In All, Because He Resteth In One Highest Above All Things, From Whom All That Is Good Flows And Proceeds.

The Reflections On A Day Well Spent Furnish Us With Joys More Pleasing Than Ten Thousand Triumphs.

He That Seeks Here Any Other Thing But Simply God And The Salvation Of His Soul, Will Find Nothing But Trouble And Sorrow.

Intelligence Must Follow Faith, Never Precede It, And Never Destroy It.

As Iron Put Into The Fire Loseth Its Rust And Becometh Clearly Red-hot, So He That Wholly Turneth Himself Unto God Puts Off All Slothfulness, And Is Transformed Into A New Man.

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.

Faith Is Required Of Thee, And A Sincere Life, Not Loftiness Of Intellect, Nor Deepness In The Mysteries Of God.

Love Is Active And Sincere, Courageous, Patient, Faithful, Prudent And Manly.

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.

A Pure, Sincere, And Stable Spirit Is Not Distracted Though It Be Employed In Many Works; For That It Works All To The Honor Of God, And Inwardly Being Still And Quiet, Seeks Not Itself In Any Thing It Doth.

He That Avoideth Not Small Faults, By Little And Little Falleth Into Greater.

It Is Vanity To Desire A Long Life And To Take No Heed Of A Good Life.

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

Of Sight Out Of Mind

If You Carry Your Cross Joyfully, It Will Carry You.

Why Seekest Thou Rest, Since Thou Art Born To Labor? [lat., Cur Quaeris Quietem, Quam Natus Sis Ad Laborem?]

Be Thankful For The Smallest Blessing And You Will Deserve To Receive Greater. Value The Least Gifts No Less Than The Greatest, And Simple Graces As Especial Favors. If You Remember The Dignity Of The Giver, No Gift Will Seem Small Or Mean.

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

It Is Much Safer To Obey Than To Rule.

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.

He Does Much Who Loves God Much, And He Does Much Who Does His Deed Well.

Patience Is Necessary In This Life Because So Much Of Life Is Fraught With Adversity. No Matter How Hard We Try, Our Lives Will Never Be Without Strife And Grief. Thus, We Should Not Strive For A Peace That Is Without Temptation, Or For A Life That Never Feels Adversity. Peace Is Not Found By Escaping Temptations, But By Being Tried By Them. We Will Have Discovered Peace When We Have Been Tried And Come Through The Trial Of Temptation.

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

Jesus Has Many Who Love The Kingdom Of God, But Few Who Bear A Cross. He Has Many Who Desire His Comfort, But Few Who Desire His Suffering. All Want To Rejoice With Him, But Few Are Willing To Suffer For Him. He Writes; There Are Many Who Admire His Miracles, But There Are Few Who Follow In The Humiliation Of The Cross.

Therefore, A Man Ought To Root Himself So Firmly In God That He Will Not Need The Consolations Of Men.

Be At Peace With Yourself First And Then You Will Be Able To Bring Peace To Others.

There Is No Man In This World Without Some Manner Of Tribulation Or Anguish, Though He Be King Or Pope.

Love Flies, Runs, And Rejoices; It Is Free And Nothing Can Hold It Back.

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

Two Wings Lift A Person Up From Earthly Concerns: Simplicity In Intention, And Purity In Feeling.

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.

All Men Commend Patience, Although Few Are Willing To Practice It.

All Men Are Frail; But Thou Shouldst Reckon None So Frail As Thyself.

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

A Sure Way Of Retaining The Grace Of Heaven Is To Disregard Outward Appearances, And Diligently To Cultivate Such Things As Foster Amendment Of Life And Fervour Of Soul, Rather Than To Cultivate Those Qualities That Seem Most Popular.

It Is No Little Wisdom For You To Keep Yourself In Silence And In Good Peace When Evil Words Are Spoken To You, And To Turn Your Heart To God And Not To Be Troubled With The Judgment Of Others.

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.

The Intention Which Is Fixed On God As Its Only End Will Keep People Steady In Their Purposes, And Deliver Them From Being The Joke And Scorn Of Fortune.

At The Day Of Judgment We Shall Not Be Asked What We Have Read But What We Have Done.

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.

Always Be Thou Prepared, And So Live That Death May Never Find Thee Unprepared.

Activate Yourself To Duty By Remembering Your Position, Who You Are, And What You Have Obliged Yourself To Be.

What Thou Art, That Thou Art.

Learned Arguments Do Not Make A Man Holy And Righteous, Whereas A Good Life Makes Him Dear To God.

Dispose Thyself To Patience Rather Than To Comfort, And To The Bearing Of The Cross Rather Than To Gladness.

Let All Your Thoughts Be With The Most High, And Direct Your Humble Prayers Unceasingly To Christ. If You Cannot Contemplate High And Heavenly Things, Take Refuge In The Passion Of Christ, And Love To Dwell Within His Sacred Wounds. For If You Devoutly Seek The Wounds Of Jesus And The Precious Marks Of His Passion, You Will Find Great Strength In All Troubles.

Blessed Are The Simple, For They Shall Have Much Peace.

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

He Is Truly Great That Is Little In Himself, And That Maketh No Account Of Any Height Of Honors.

You Will Never Be An Inwardly Religious And Devout Man Unless You Pass Over In Silence The Shortcomings Of Your Fellow Men, And Diligently Examine Your Own Weaknesses.

Let Nothing Disturb Thee, Let Nothing Affright Thee; All Passeth Away: God Only Shall Stay. Patience Wins All: Who Hath God, Needeth Nothing; For God Is His All.

If You Bear The Cross Unwillingly, You Make It A Burden, And Load Yourself More Heavily; But You Must Bear It.

What Else Does Anxiety About The Future Bring You But Sorrow Upon Sorrow?

One Who Views Thing As They Are In Reality, And Not As They Are Said Or Thought To Be, Is Truly Wise, Taught By God Rather Than By Other Persons

Purity And Simplicity Are The Two Wings With Which Man Soars Above The Earth And All Temporary Nature.

No Man Is Without His Load Of Trouble.

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

My God, Sweetness Beyond Words, Make Bitter All The Carnal Comfort That Draws Me From Love Of The Eternal And Lures Me To Its Evil Self By The Sight Of Some Delightful Good In The Present. Let It Not Overcome Me, My God. Let Not Flesh And Blood Conquer Me. Let Not The World And Its Brief Glory Deceive Me, Nor The Devil Trip Me By His Craftiness. Give Me Courage To Resist, Patience To Endure, And Constancy To Persevere. Give Me The Soothing Unction Of Your Spirit Rather Than All The Consolations Of The World, And In Place Of Carnal Love, Infuse Into Me The Love Of Your Name.

Our Own Opinion Of Ourselves Should Be Lower Than That Formed By Others, For We Have A Better Chance At Our Imperfections.

The More Spiritual A Man Desires To Be, The More Bitter Does His Present Life Become To Him; Because He Sees More Clearly And Perceives More Sensibly The Defects Of Human Corruption.

Inspirational Life

It Is Better To Feel Repentance, Than To Be Able To Define It.

Love Feels No Burden, Thinks Nothing Of Trouble, Attempts What Is Above Its Strength.... It Is Therefore Able To Undertake All Things, And It Completes Many Things, And Warrants Them To Take Effect, Where He Who Does Not Love Would Faint And Lie Down.

What Canst Thou See Elsewhere Which Thou Canst Not See Here? Behold The Heaven And The Earth And All The Elements; For Of These Are All Things Created.

Whatever You Do, Do It With Intelligence, And Keep The End In View.

I Have Often Heard, That It Is Safer To Hear And To Take Counsel, Than To Give It.

Let This Be Thy Whole Endeavor, This Thy Prayer, This Thy Desire,-that Thou Mayest Be Stripped Of All Selfishness, And With Entire Simplicity Follow Jesus Only.

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.

Judge Yourself And Beware Of Passing Judgement On Others. In Judging Others We Expend Our Energy To No Purpose; We Are Often Mistaken And Easily Sin. But If We Judge Ourselves Our Labour Is Always To Our Profit.

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

Now Is The Time To Be Doing, Now Is The Time To Be Stirring, Now Is The Time To Amend Myself.

He Does Much Who Loves God Much, And He Does Much Who Does His Deed Well, And He Does His Deed Well Who Does It Rather For The Common Good Than For His Own Will.

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