Thomas a Kempis Quotes

Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be.

Thomas a Kempis

What else does anxiety about the future bring you but sorrow upon sorrow?

Thomas a Kempis

Intelligence must follow faith, never precede it, and never destroy it.

Thomas a Kempis

But because many endeavor to get knowledge rather than to live well, they are often deceived and reap little or no benefit from their labor.

Thomas a Kempis

A humble knowledge of thyself is a surer way to God than a deep search after learning.

Thomas a Kempis

He who loves with purity considers not the gift of the lover, but the love of the giver.

Thomas a Kempis

Love feels no burden, thinks nothing of trouble, attempts what is above its strength, pleads no excuse of impossibility; for it thinks all things lawful for itself, and all things possible.

Thomas a Kempis

All men commend patience, although few are willing to practice it.

Thomas a Kempis

First keep peace with yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.

Thomas a Kempis

Without the way, there is no going; without the truth, there is no knowing; without the life, there is no living.

Thomas a Kempis

Purity and simplicity are the two wings with which man soars above the earth and all temporary nature.

Thomas a Kempis