Quotes By Thomas A Kempis

It is much safer to obey than to rule.

First keep peace with yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.

A man is hindered and distracted in proportion as he draws outward things to himself.

The loftier the building, the deeper must the foundation be laid.

Out of sight, out of mind. The absent are always in the wrong.

Great tranquility of heart is his who cares for neither praise not blame.

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

But because many endeavor to get knowledge rather than to live well, they are often deceived and reap little or no benefit from their labor.

Of two evils, the less is always to be chosen.

Wait for the Lord. Behave yourself manfully, and be of good courage. Do not be faithless, but stay in your place and do not turn back.

No man ruleth safely but he that is willingly ruled.

Occasions do not make a man either strong or weak but they show what he is.

At the Day of Judgment, we shall not be asked what we have read, but what we have done.

Man proposes, but God disposes.

Intelligence must follow faith, never precede it, and never destroy it.

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.

The acknowledgment of our weakness is the first step in repairing our loss.

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

I would far rather feel remorse than know how to define it.

He will easily be content and at peace, whose conscience is pure.

Be assured that if you knew all, you would pardon all.

If you cannot mould yourself entirely as you would wish, how can you expect other people to be entirely to your liking?

Without the way, there is no going; without the truth, there is no knowing; without the life, there is no living.

Who has a harder fight than he who is striving to overcome himself.

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

Love feels no burden, thinks nothing of trouble, attempts what is above its strength, pleads no excuse of impossibility; for it thinks all things lawful for itself, and all things possible.

Bear the Cross cheerfully and it will bear you.

What most of all hinders heavenly consolation is that you are too slow in turning yourself to prayer.

How seldom we weigh our neighbor in the same balance with ourselves.

We usually know what we can do, but temptation shows us who we are.