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Famous Thomas a Kempis Quotes
“A humble knowledge of ourselves is a surer way to God than is the search for depth of learning.”
“Have therefore zeal to better thyself and then mayst thou have zeal to thy neighbor.”
Source: The Imitation of Christ
“I would far rather feel remorse than know how to define it.”
Source: The Confessions of St. Augustine, Including the Imitation of Christ
“Sweet shall be your rest if your heart does not reproach you.”
Source: The Imitation of Christ
Source: The Imitation of Christ
Source: The Imitation of Christ
“Thou shalt ever joy at eventide if thou spend the day fruitfully.”
Source: The Imitation of Christ
“Do what lieth in thy power, and God will assist in thy good will.”
Source: The Imitation of Christ; Or, the Ecclesiastical Music
“He does much who loves God much, and he does much who does his deed well.”
“The better you understand yourself the less cause you will find to love yourself.”
“If thou art willing to suffer no adversity, how wilt thou be the friend of Christ?”
Source: Moody Classics Complete Set: Includes 19 Classics of the Faith in a Single Volume
“At the day of judgment we shall not be asked what we have read but what we have done.”
Source: The Imitation of Christ
“Grant me prudently to avoid him that flatters me, and to endure patiently him that contradicts me.”
Source: Moody Classics Complete Set: Includes 19 Classics of the Faith in a Single Volume
“Thou wilt always rejoice in the evening, if thou spend the day profitably.”
Source: Moody Classics Complete Set: Includes 19 Classics of the Faith in a Single Volume
Source: The Following of Christ
Source: The Confessions of St. Augustine, Including the Imitation of Christ
“So passes away the glory of this world. ('Sic transit gloria mundi.')”
“It is vanity to desire a long life and to take no heed of a good life.”
Source: The Imitation of Christ
Source: Moody Classics Complete Set: Includes 19 Classics of the Faith in a Single Volume
“Peace and happiness are what you covet, but these are only to be obtained by labor.”