“Carry the cross patiently, and with perfect submission; and in the end it shall carry you.”
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Famous Thomas a Kempis Quotes
“Set not thyself to attain much rest, but much patience.”
Source: The Confessions of St. Augustine, Including the Imitation of Christ
“At the least bear patiently, if thou canst not joyfully.”
Source: The Confessions of St. Augustine, Including the Imitation of Christ
“Thy peace shall be in much patience.”
Source: The Following of Christ...
“In Jesus and for Him, enemies and friends alike are to be loved.”
Source: Hendrickson Christian Classics Audio Library
“If you cast away one cross, you will certainly find another, and perhaps a heavier.”
“No confict is so severe as his who labors to subdue himself.”
“Love is active and sincere, courageous, patient, faithful, prudent and manly.”
“It is futile to wish for a long life, and then to give so little care to living well.”
“Intelligence must follow faith, never precede it, and never destroy it.”
“Thou shalt rest sweetly if thy heart condemn thee not.”
Source: The Confessions of St. Augustine, Including the Imitation of Christ
“The glory of the good is in their consciences, and not in the tongues of men.”
Source: The Imitation of Christ; Or, the Ecclesiastical Music
“Don't flatter the rich, or appear to willing before the great.”
“Remember, your prerogative is to govern, and not to serve the things of this world.”
Source: The Imitation of Christ
Source: The Imitation of Christ
“Gladly we desire to make other men perfect, but we will not amend our own fault.”
Source: The Imitation of Christ
Source: The Imitation of Christ
“Of two evils, the lesser must always be chosen De duobus malis, minus est semper eligendum”
“Seek not to know who said this or that, but take note of what has been said.”
Source: The Imitation of Christ
“The end of all is death and man's life passeth away suddenly as a shadow.”
“Is a man one whit the better because he is grown great in other men's esteem?”
“What thou art, that thou art; that God knoweth thee to be and thou canst be said to be no greater.”
Source: The Imitation of Christ
“Such as every man is inwardly so he judgeth outwardly.”
Source: The Imitation of Christ
Source: The Imitation of Christ