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• We should have much more peace if we would not busy ourselves with the sayings and doings of others.

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  Peace, Should Have, Busy

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• The measure of every man’s virtue is best revealed in time of adversity - adversity that does not weaken a man but rather shows what he is.

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  Adversity, Men, Doe

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• The devil does not tempt unbelievers and sinners who are already his own.

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  Devil, Doe, Unbelievers

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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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  Thank You, Mean, Blessing

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• The more humble and obedient to God a man is, the more wise and at peace he will be in all that he does.

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  Wise, Peace, Humble

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• In the morning fix thy good purpose; and at night examine thyself what thou hast done, how thou hast behaved thyself in word, deed, and thought.

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  Morning, Night, Purpose

  St. Augustine, Dr. Howard Taylor, Mrs. Howard Taylor, Apostolic Fathers, J. Oswald Sanders (2010). “Moody Classics Complete Set: Includes 19 Classics of the Faith in a Single Volume”, p.1550, Moody Publishers

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• All men desire peace, but very few desire those things that make for peace.

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  Peace, Men, Desire

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• We feel and weigh soon enough what we suffer from others: but how much others suffer from us, of this we take no heed.

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  Soon Enough, Justice, Diversity

  Thomas a Kempis (1913). “The Imitation of Christ”

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• O Lord, Thou knowest that which is best for us; let this or that be done, as Thou shalt please. Give what Thou wilt, how much Thou wilt, and when Thou wilt. Deal with me as thou thinkest best. Place me where Thou wilt, and deal with me in all things just as Thou wilt. Behold, I am Thy servant, prepared for all things: I desire not to live unto myself, but unto Thee; and oh, that I could do it worthily and perfectly!

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  Giving, Justice, Preparation

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• It is easier not to speak a word at all than to speak more words than we should.

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  Speak, Easier, Should

  "The Imitation of Christ". Book by Thomas à Kempis, Book I, ch. 20, c. 1418.

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• Confidence is the illusion born of accidental success.

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  Confidence, Illusion, Born

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• Always keep a good distance between yourself and lying, quarreling, detracting, insulting and gossip. The person who can do that will some day learn to enjoy the silence.

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  Distance, Lying, Gossip

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• All earthly joy begins pleasantly, but at the end it gnaws and kills.

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  Greed, Joy, Materialism

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• For man plans, but God arranges.

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  Faith, Men, Plans

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• What difference does it make to you what someone else becomes, or says, or does? You do not need to answer for others, only for yourself.

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  Differences, Doe, Needs

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• Learn to humble yourself, you are but earth and clay.

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  Inspirational, Humble, Clay

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• Love flies, runs, leaps for joy; it is free and unrestrained. Love gives all for all, resting in One who is highest above all things, from whom every good flows and proceeds. Love does not regard the gifts, but turns to the Giver of all good gifts. Love knows no limits, but ardently transcends all bounds. Love feels no burden, takes no account of toil, attempts things beyond its strength; love sees nothing as impossible, for it feels able to achieve all things. Love therefore does great things; it is strange and effective; while he who lacks love faints and fails.

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  Running, Giving, Joy

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• God often gives in one brief moment that which He has for a long time denied.

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  Long, Giving, Moments

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• It is vanity to desire a long life and to take no heed of a good life.

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  Life, Vanity, Long

  Thomas a Kempis (1913). “The Imitation of Christ”

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• There is no man in this world without some manner of tribulation or anguish, though he be king or pope.

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  Kings, Adversity, Men

  Thomas a Kempis (1913). “The Imitation of Christ”

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• Judge yourself and beware of passing judgement on others. In judging others we expend our energy to no purpose; we are often mistaken and easily sin. But if we judge ourselves our labour is always to our profit.

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  Spiritual, Judging, Judgement

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• Many deceive themselves, imagining they'll find happiness in change.

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  Change, Happiness, Finding Happiness

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• We would willingly have others perfect, and yet we amend not our own faults. We would have others severely corrected and will not be corrected ourselves. The large liberty of others displeases us, and yet we will not have our own desires denied us. We will have others kept under by strict laws, but in no sort will ourselves be restrained. And thus it appears how seldom we weigh our neighbor in the same balance with ourselves.

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  Law, Perfect, Balance

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• If God were our one and only desire we would not be so easily upset when our opinions do not find outside acceptance.

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  Godly, Acceptance, Upset

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• Constantly choose rather to want less, than to have more.

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  Want

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