Thomas Kempis
28 quotations
Adversities do not make a man frail. They show what sort of man he is.
Don't flatter the rich, or appear to willing before the great.
Man proposes, but God disposes.
Whatever you do, do it with intelligence, and keep the end in view.
It is vanity to desire a long life and to take no heed of a good life.
How sweet it is to love, and to be dissolved, and as it were to bathe myself in thy love.
Love makes everything that is heavy light.
Remember, your prerogative is to govern, and not to serve the things of this world.
Out of sight, out of mind. The absent are always in the wrong.
It is much safer to obey, than to govern.
Peace and happiness are what you covet, but these are only to be obtained by labor.
First keep peace with yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.
The loftier the building the deeper the foundation must be.
By two wings a man is lifted up from things earthly: by simplicity and purity.
Permit no hour to go by without it due improvement.
The highest in God's esteem are the lowest in their own.
An humble knowledge of thyself is a surer way to God than a deep search after learning.
The better you understand yourself the less cause you will find to love yourself.
Wherever you go, you will always bear yourself about with you, and so you will always find yourself.
He has great tranquillity of heart who cares neither for the praises nor the fault-finding of men.
Many deceive themselves, imagining they'll find happiness in change.
We usually know what we can do, but temptation shows us who we are.
Intelligence must follow faith, never precede it. and never destroy it.
Pass no rash condemnation on other peoples words or actions.
The acknowledgment of our weakness is the first step in repairing our loss.