“Let temporal things serve thy use, but the eternal be the object of thy desire.”
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Famous Thomas a Kempis Quotes
Source: The Following of Christ...
“Bodily exercises are to be done discreetly; not to be taken evenly and alike by all men.”
Source: The Imitation of Christ
“No man is safe above but he that will gladly be beneath.”
Source: The Imitation of Christ
“If thou be not busy for thyself now, who shall be busy for thee in time to come?”
Source: The Imitation of Christ
“No one is qualified to converse in public except those contented to do without such conversation.”
“By two wings a man is lifted up from things earthly: by simplicity and purity.”
Source: Moody Classics Complete Set: Includes 19 Classics of the Faith in a Single Volume
