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• The good devout man first makes inner preparation for the actions he has later to perform. His outward actions do not draw him into lust and vice; rather it is he who bends them into the shape of reason and right judgement. Who has a stiffer battle to fight than the man who is striving to conquer himself.

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  Fighting, Men, Lust

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• A man of peace does more good than a very learned man.

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  Peace, Learning, Men

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• Such as every man is inwardly so he judgeth outwardly.

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  Men, Judgment, Every Man

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

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• Blessed is the pilgrim, who in every place, and at all times of this his banishment in the body, calling upon the holy name of Jesus, calleth to mind his native heavenly land, where his blessed Master, the King of saints and angels, waiteth to receive him. Blessed is the pilgrim who seeketh not an abiding place unto himself in this world; but longeth to be dissolved, and be with Christ in heaven.

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  Jesus, Kings, Blessed

  "Vera Sapientia or True Wisdom". Book by Thomas a Kempis,

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• Faith is required of thee, and a sincere life, not loftiness of intellect, nor deepness in the mysteries of God.

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  Mystery, Sincere, Thee

  Saint Augustine of Hippo, Saint Augustine, Thomas A'Kempis (2006). “The Confessions of St. Augustine, Including the Imitation of Christ”, p.378, Cosimo, Inc.

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• Oh how swiftly the glory of the world passes away! If only the lives of these men had been as admirable as their learning, their study and reading would have been to good purpose! But how many in this world care little for the service of God, and perish in their vain learning. Because they choose to be great rather than humble, they perish in their own conceit.

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  Reading, Humble, Men

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• If thou hadst a good conscience thou wouldst not greatly fear death.

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  Fear Of Death, Ifs, Conscience

  Thomas A Kempis, Wyatt North (1617). “The Imitation of Christ”, p.29, Wyatt North Publishing, LLC

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• He is truly great who hath a great charity.

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  Charity

  Saint Augustine of Hippo, Saint Augustine, Thomas A'Kempis (2006). “The Confessions of St. Augustine, Including the Imitation of Christ”, p.217, Cosimo, Inc.

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• Christ was willing to suffer wrongs and to be despised, and do you dare to complain of anything?.

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  Suffering, Complaining, Christ

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• If you bear the cross unwillingly, you make it a burden, and load yourself more heavily; but you must bear it.

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  Bears, Burden, Crosses

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• It thou seek rest in this life, how wilt thou then attain to the everlasting rest? Dispose not thyself for much rest, but for great patience. Seek true peace--not in earth, but in heaven; not in men, nor in any other creature, but in God alone.

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  Men, Heaven, Earth

  Thomas a Kempis (2013). “The Imitation of Christ; Or, the Ecclesiastical Music”, p.194, Cambridge University Press

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• A pure, sincere, and stable spirit is not distracted though it be employed in many works; for that it works all to the honor of God, and inwardly being still and quiet, seeks not itself in any thing it doth.

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  Honor, Spirit, Quiet

  "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 124, 1895.

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• Always be thou prepared, and so live that death may never find thee unprepared.

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  Death, May, Thee

  Saint Augustine of Hippo, Saint Augustine, Thomas A'Kempis (2006). “The Confessions of St. Augustine, Including the Imitation of Christ”, p.240, Cosimo, Inc.

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• Would to God that we might spend a single day really well!

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  Might, Wells

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• Happy is the man who renounces everything which may bring a stain or burden upon his conscience

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  Men, May, He Man

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• It is no little wisdom for you to keep yourself in silence and in good peace when evil words are spoken to you, and to turn your heart to God and not to be troubled with the judgment of others.

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  Inspirational, Softball, Heart

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• He who knows himself well is mean and abject in his own sight, and takes no delight in the vain praise of men.

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  Mean, Humility, Men

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• Thou shalt ever joy at eventide if thou spend the day fruitfully.

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  Happiness, Joy, Ifs

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

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• Do what lieth in thy power, and God will assist in thy good will.

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  Gods Will, Good Will, Assistance

  Thomas a Kempis (2013). “The Imitation of Christ; Or, the Ecclesiastical Music”, p.13, Cambridge University Press

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• By two wings a man is lifted up from things earthly: by simplicity and purity.

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  Men, Wings, Two

  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.1589, Moody Publishers

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• To be able to live peaceably with hard and perverse persons, or with the disorderly, or with such as go contrary to us, is a great grace.

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  Grace, Able, Persons

  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.1588, Moody Publishers

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• If thou wilt receive profit, read with humility, simplicity and faith, and seek not at any time the fame of being learned.

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  Humility, Simplicity, Fame

  Thomas a Kempis, James Jones (1842). “The Following of Christ...”, p.15

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• Let this be thy whole endeavor, this thy prayer, this thy desire,-that thou mayest be stripped of all selfishness, and with entire simplicity follow Jesus only.

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  Jesus, Prayer, Simplicity

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• Now is the time to be doing, now is the time to be stirring, now is the time to amend myself.

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  Stirring

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• A wise and good man will turn examples of all sorts to his own advantage. The good he will make his patterns, and strive to equal or excel them. The bad he will by all means avoid.

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  Wise, Mean, Men

  "The Imitation of Christ". Book by Thomas a Kempis, Book 1 Ch. 25; translation by George Stanhope, c. 1418.

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