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