A book has but one voice, but it does not instruct everyone alike.
Thomas à KempisTags: books
If thou art willing to suffer no adversity, how wilt thou be the friend of Christ?
Thomas à KempisTags: adversity
We would be well on the way to perfection if we could weed out one vice from ourselves each year.
Thomas à KempisBy two wings is man lifted above earthly things, even by
simplicity and purity. Simplicity ought to be in the intention,
purity in the affection.
As long as you live, you will be subject to change, whether you will it or not - now glad, now sorrowful; now pleased, now displeased; now devout, now undevout; now vigorous, now slothful; now gloomy, now merry. But a wise man who is well taught in spiritual labor stands unshaken in all such things, and heeds little what he feels, or from what side the wind of instability blows.
Thomas à KempisGod hath thus ordered it, that we may learn to bear one another’s burdens; for no man is without fault, no man without his burden, no man sufficient of himself, no man wise enough of himself; but we ought to bear with one another, comfort one another, help, instruct, and admonish one another.
Thomas à KempisTags: christianity
Bear patiently your exile and the dryness of your mind. The time will come when I will make you forget these painful moments and you will enjoy inward quietness. I will open the Bible for you and you will be thrilled by your new understanding of my truth.
Thomas à KempisThose who attempt to search into the majesty of God will be overwhelmed with His Glory!
Thomas à KempisTags: inspirational god religion
As iron cast into fire loses its rust and becomes glowing white, so he who turns completely to God is stripped of his sluggishness and changed into a new man.
Thomas à KempisAll men desire peace, but very few desire those things that make for peace.
Thomas à KempisTags: peace
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