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Thomas a Kempis [1380-1471] German

Rank: 101
Clergyman, Canon

Thomas à Kempis, C.R.S.A. was a Dutch canon regular of the late medieval period and the author of The Imitation of Christ, one of the most popular and best known Christian books on devotion.

Love, Peace, Anger, Architecture, Brainy, Courage, Future, Great, Intelligence, Knowledge, Learning, Nature, Patience, Strength

Quote	Tags	Rank
He who loves with purity considers not the gift of the lover, but the love of the giver.	Love	101
If you cannot mould yourself entirely as you would wish, how can you expect other people to be entirely to your liking?		102
Who has a harder fight than he who is striving to overcome himself.		103
Purity and simplicity are the two wings with which man soars above the earth and all temporary nature.	Nature	104
Great tranquility of heart is his who cares for neither praise nor blame.	Brainy, Great	105
It is much safer to obey than to rule.		106
How seldom we weigh our neighbor in the same balance with ourselves.		107
First keep peace with yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.	Peace	108
Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be.	Anger	109
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.	Love, Strength	110
The acknowledgment of our weakness is the first step in repairing our loss.		111
Gladly we desire to make other men perfect, but we will not amend our own fault.		112
What most of all hinders heavenly consolation is that you are too slow in turning yourself to prayer.		113
Oh, how great peace and quietness would he possess who should cut off all vain anxiety and place all his confidence in God.	Peace	114
A humble knowledge of thyself is a surer way to God than a deep search after learning.	Knowledge, Learning	115
Out of sight, out of mind. The absent are always in the wrong.		116
We usually know what we can do, but temptation shows us who we are.		117
The loftier the building, the deeper must the foundation be laid.	Architecture	118
All men commend patience, although few are willing to practice it.	Patience	119
At the Day of Judgment, we shall not be asked what we have read, but what we have done.		120
A man is hindered and distracted in proportion as he draws outward things to himself.		121
Without the way, there is no going; without the truth, there is no knowing; without the life, there is no living.		122
I would far rather feel remorse than know how to define it.		123
Remember that lost time does not return.		124
Man proposes, but God disposes.		125
What else does anxiety about the future bring you but sorrow upon sorrow?	Future	126
Activate yourself to duty by remembering your position, who you are, and what you have obliged yourself to be.		201
He will easily be content and at peace, whose conscience is pure.		202
Intelligence must follow faith, never precede it, and never destroy it.	Intelligence	203
Occasions do not make a man either strong or weak but they show what he is.		204
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.		205
Never be entirely idle; but either be reading, or writing, or praying or meditating or endeavoring something for the public good.		206
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.		207
Of two evils, the less is always to be chosen.		208
No man ruleth safely but he that is willingly ruled.		209
How quickly passes away the glory of this world.		210
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.	Courage	211
Bear the Cross cheerfully and it will bear you.		212
Of two evils we must always choose the least.		213
Oh, how swiftly the glory of the world passes away!		214
Be assured that if you knew all, you would pardon all.		215
The only safe ruler is he who has learned to obey willingly.		216

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