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Thomas a Kempis (1380 - July 25, 1471) was a German canon, known for his spiritual writings. He is best known for his work 'The Imitation of Christ,' which has had a profound impact on Christian thought and practice.

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Famous Thomas a Kempis Quotes

“Whoever strives to withdraw from obedience, withdraws from grace.”

Grace Strive Obedience Strife

Author:Thomas a Kempis

“When comfort is withdrawn, do not be cast down, but humbly and patiently await the visitation of God. He is able and powerful to give you more grace and more spiritual comfort than you first had.”

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“He rides pleasantly enough whom the grace of God carries.”

Enough Grace Carrie Grace Of God

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“The more the flesh is wasted by affliction, so much more is the Spirit strengthened by inward grace.”

Spirit Grace Flesh Inward Affliction

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“To be able to live peaceably with hard and perverse persons, or with the disorderly, or with such as go contrary to us, is a great grace.”

Persons Hard Able Grace Contrary

Book: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

“A sure way of retaining the grace of heaven is to disregard outward appearances, and diligently to cultivate such things as foster amendment of life and fervour of soul, rather than to cultivate those qualities that seem most popular.”

Way Soul Seems Heaven Quality Grace Appearance Amendments Disregard Retaining Outward Appearance

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“Be thankful for the smallest blessing and you will deserve to receive greater. Value the least gifts no less than the greatest, and simple graces as especial favors. If you remember the dignity of the Giver, no gift will seem small or mean.”

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“If you would endeavor, like men of courage, to stand in the battle, surely we would feel the favorable assistance of God from heaven. For he who give the us occasion to fight, to the end we may get the victory, is ready to succor those that fight manfully, and do trust in his grace.”

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“Love wakes much and sleeps little and, in sleeping, does not sleep. It faints is not weary; it is restricted in its liberty and is great freedom. It sees reasons to fear and does not fear, but, like an ember or a spark of fire, flames always upward, by the fervor of its love, toward God, and through the special help of grace is delivered from all perils and dangers”

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“For it is the grace of Christ, and not our own virtue, that gives us the power to overcome the flesh and the world.”

World Giving Christ Virtue Grace Overcoming Flesh

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“Grace is the mastery of truth, the teacher of discipline, the light of the heart, the comforter of affliction, the banisher of sorrow, the nurse of devotion.”

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About the Author

Born: 1380
Died: July 25, 1471
Known for: Canon
Quotes: 313

Books & Sources

The Imitation of ChristRelated source material

Moody Classics Complete Set: Includes 19 Classics of the Faith in a Single VolumeRelated source material

The Confessions of St. Augustine, Including the Imitation of ChristRelated source material

The Imitation of Christ; Or, the Ecclesiastical MusicRelated source material

The Following of ChristRelated source material

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Hendrickson Christian Classics Audio LibraryRelated source material

The Imitation of Christ: Four BooksRelated source material

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