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• He that seeks here any other thing but simply God and the salvation of his soul, will find nothing but trouble and sorrow.

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  Soul, Sorrow, Trouble

  "The Imitation of Christ: Four Books".

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• Love is watchful. Sleeping, it does not slumber. Wearied, it is not tired. Pressed, it is not straitened. Alarmed, it is not confused, but like a living flame, a burning torch, it forces its way upward and passes unharmed through every obstacle.

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  Love, Christian, Confused

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• Do not let your peace depend on what people say of you... True peace and joy is to be found in [Jesus] alone.

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  Christian, Jesus, People

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

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  Simple, Men, Wings

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• Without labor there is no rest, nor without fighting can the victory be won.

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  Fighting, Victory, Labor

  Thomas A. Kempis (2015). “The Imitation of Christ”, p.87, Letcetera Publishing

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• Forasmuch as many people study more to have knowledge than to live well therefore ofttimes they err and bring forth little fruit or none.

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  Knowledge, People, Littles

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

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• If you desire to know or learn anything to your advantage, then take delight in being unknown and unregarded. A true understanding and humble estimate of oneself is the highest and most valuable of all lessons.

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  Humble, Understanding, Desire

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• Every man naturally desires knowledge; but what good is knowledge without fear of God? Indeed a humble rustic who serves God is better than a proud intellectual who neglects his soul to study the course of the stars.

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  Stars, Humble, Men

  Thomas (à Kempis), Thomas A. Kempis, Aloysius Croft, Harold Bolton (2003). “The Imitation of Christ”, p.2, Courier Corporation

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• Whoever finds Jesus, finds a rich treasure, and a good above every good. He who loses Jesus loses much indeed, and more than the whole world. Poorest of all is he who lives without Jesus, and richest of all is he who stands in favor with Jesus.

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  Faith, Jesus, World

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• Christ willed to suffer and be despised and do you dare complain of the same? Christ had adversaries and backbiters; and do you wish to have all men your friends and benefactors? When shall your patience attain her crown if no adversity befalls you? If you are willing to suffer naught that is against you, how will you be the friend of Christ?

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  Motivation, Inspiration, Adversity

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• If thou art willing to suffer no adversity, how wilt thou be the friend of Christ?

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  Art, Pain, Adversity

  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.1583, Moody Publishers

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• You will never be an inwardly religious and devout man unless you pass over in silence the shortcomings of your fellow men, and diligently examine your own weaknesses.

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  Religious, Men, Silence

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

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  Anxiety, Sorrow, Doe

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• If you carry your cross joyfully, it will carry you.

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  Crosses, Ifs

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• Who is so wise as to have a perfect knowledge of all things? Therefore trust not too much to thine own opinion, but be ready also to hear the opinion of others. Thought thine own opinion be good, yet if for the love of God thou foregoest it, and followest that of another, thou shalt the more profit thereby.

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  Love, Wise, Perfect

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• A humble knowledge of ourselves is a surer way to God than is the search for depth of learning.

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  God, Learning, Humble

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• If thou may not continually gather thyself together, do it sometime at least once a day, morning or evening.

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  Morning, Advice, Together

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

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• Trust not to your feelings for whatever they might be now, they will quickly be changed towards some other thing.

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  Advice, Feelings, Might

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• Of what use is a long life, if we amend so little? Alas, a long life often adds to our sins rather than to our virtue!

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  Long, Age, Add

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• Let not therefore thy heart be troubled, neither let it fear. Trust in me, and put thy confidence in my mercy. When thou thinkest thyself farthest off from me, oftentimes I am nearest unto thee. When thou countest almost all to be lost, then oftentimes the greatest gain of reward is close at hand. All is not lost, when any thing falleth out contrary. Thou oughtest not to judge according to present feeling; nor so to take any grief, or give thyself over to it.

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  Grief, Heart, Hands

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• When comfort is withdrawn, do not be cast down, but humbly and patiently await the visitation of God. He is able and powerful to give you more grace and more spiritual comfort than you first had.

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  Spiritual, Powerful, Giving

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• No one is so good that he is immune from temptation. We will never be entirely free from it. . . . There is no order so holy, no place so secret where there will be no temptation.

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  Order, Temptation, Secret

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

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  Love, Gratitude, Buddhist

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• Jesus has many lovers of His kingdom of heaven, but he has few bearers of His Cross. Many desire His consolation, but few desire His tribulation. He finds many comrades in eating and drinking, but He finds few hands who will be with Him in His abstinence and fastingBut those who love Jesus purely for Himself, and not for their own profit or convenience, bless Him as heartily in temptation and tribulation and in all other adversities as they do in time of consolation. And if He never sent them consolation, they would still bless and praise Him.

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  Jesus, Drinking, Adversity

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• Two wings lift a person up from earthly concerns: Simplicity in intention, and Purity in feeling.

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  Wings, Two, Simplicity

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