Thomas à Kempis
Dutch medieval Augustinian canon, writer and mystic
Lived from: 1380 - 1471
Category: Theologians and clergy | Writers (Contemporary) Country: 
Netherlands
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The highest in God's esteem are the lowest in their own.
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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.
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The loftier the building the deeper the foundation must be.
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Thou art my glory and the exultation of y heart: thou art my hope and refuge in the day of my trouble.
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We usually know what we can do, but temptation shows us who we are.
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Whatever you do, do it with intelligence, and keep the end in view.
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When a man is out of sight, it is not too long before he is out of mind.
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Wherever you go, you will always bear yourself about with you, and so you will always find yourself.
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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?
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Intelligence must follow faith, never precede it. and never destroy it.
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