The Imitation of Christ
A source page for quotes linked to Thomas a Kempis.
Related Quotes
“Happy is the man who renounces everything which may bring a stain or burden upon his conscience”
“Christ was willing to suffer wrongs and to be despised, and do you dare to complain of anything?.”
“And when he is out of sight, quickly also he is out of mind.”
“A lover of Jesus and of the truth can lift himself above himself in spirit.”
“The only safe ruler is he who has learned to obey willingly.”
“Now is the time to be doing, now is the time to be stirring, now is the time to amend myself.”
“How sweet it is to love, and to be dissolved, and as it were to bathe myself in thy love.”
“Whoever strives to withdraw from obedience, withdraws from grace.”
“God is able to do more than man can understand.”
Source: The Confessions of St. Augustine, Including the Imitation of Christ
Source: The Imitation of Christ; Or, the Ecclesiastical Music
Source: Moody Classics Complete Set: Includes 19 Classics of the Faith in a Single Volume
“It is easier not to speak a word at all than to speak more words than we should.”
Source: Moody Classics Complete Set: Includes 19 Classics of the Faith in a Single Volume
“There is no creature so small and abject, that it representeth not the goodness of God.”
Source: Moody Classics Complete Set: Includes 19 Classics of the Faith in a Single Volume
Source: Moody Classics Complete Set: Includes 19 Classics of the Faith in a Single Volume
“He that avoideth not small faults, by little and little falleth into greater.”
Source: The Imitation of Christ; Or, the Ecclesiastical Music
“What thou art, that thou art.”
Source: The Following of Christ
“All men are frail; but thou shouldst reckon none so frail as thyself.”