If you can talk and it's convenient to talk, try to say things that edify. Thomas a Kempis More Quotes by Thomas a Kempis More Quotes From Thomas a Kempis Man considers the actions, but God weighs the intentions. Thomas a Kempis intentionactionmen Constantly choose rather to want less, than to have more. Thomas a Kempis want Love flies, runs, leaps for joy; it is free and unrestrained. Love gives all for all, resting in One who is highest above all things, from whom every good flows and proceeds. Love does not regard the gifts, but turns to the Giver of all good gifts. Love knows no limits, but ardently transcends all bounds. Love feels no burden, takes no account of toil, attempts things beyond its strength; love sees nothing as impossible, for it feels able to achieve all things. Love therefore does great things; it is strange and effective; while he who lacks love faints and fails. Thomas a Kempis runningjoygiving 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. Thomas a Kempis balancelawperfect 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. Thomas a Kempis adversitygriefpeace Nothing is sweeter than love, nothing more courageous, nothing higher, nothing wider, nothing more pleasant, nothing fuller nor better in heaven and earth; because love is born of God, and cannot rest but in God, above all created things. Thomas a Kempis spirituallove-isheaven So passes away the glory of this world. ('Sic transit gloria mundi.') Thomas a Kempis dyingpassing-awaydeath 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. Thomas a Kempis differencesdoeneeds A wise and good man will turn examples of all sorts to his own advantage. The good he will make his patterns, and strive to equal or excel them. The bad he will by all means avoid. Thomas a Kempis wisemenmean He who loves with purity considers not the gift of the lover, but the love of the giver. Thomas a Kempis buddhistgratitudelove Jesus has many lovers of His kingdom of heaven, but he has few bearers of His Cross. Many desire His consolation, but few desire His tribulation. He finds many comrades in eating and drinking, but He finds few hands who will be with Him in His abstinence and fastingBut those who love Jesus purely for Himself, and not for their own profit or convenience, bless Him as heartily in temptation and tribulation and in all other adversities as they do in time of consolation. And if He never sent them consolation, they would still bless and praise Him. Thomas a Kempis adversitydrinkingjesus 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. Thomas a Kempis passionprayerjesus Always keep a good distance between yourself and lying, quarreling, detracting, insulting and gossip. The person who can do that will some day learn to enjoy the silence. Thomas a Kempis gossipdistancelying Do not interfere when your opinion is not sought. Thomas a Kempis interfereopinion The more humble and obedient to God a man is, the more wise and at peace he will be in all that he does. Thomas a Kempis humblewisepeace God often gives in one brief moment that which He has for a long time denied. Thomas a Kempis momentsgivinglong The devil does not tempt unbelievers and sinners who are already his own. Thomas a Kempis unbelieversdevildoe If you carry your cross joyfully, it will carry you. Thomas a Kempis ifscrosses 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. Thomas a Kempis starshumblemen He has great tranquillity of heart who cares neither for the praises nor the fault-finding of men. He will easily be content and pacified, whose conscience is pure. You are not holier if you are praised, nor the more worthless if you are found fault with. What you are, that you are; neither by word can you be made greater than what you are in the sight of God. Thomas a Kempis sightheartmen
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