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“What canst thou see elsewhere which thou canst not see here? Behold the heaven and the earth and all the elements; for of these are all things created.”

Thomas à Kempis book The Imitation of Christ

Book I, ch. 20.
The Imitation of Christ (c. 1418)

“If thou knewest the whole Bible by heart, and the sayings of all the philosophers, what would it profit thee without the love of God and without grace?”

Thomas à Kempis (1380–1471) German canon regular

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 365.

“Whoever would fully and feelingly understand the words of Christ, must endeavor to conform his life wholly to the life of Christ.”

Thomas à Kempis (1380–1471) German canon regular

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 62.

“There is no creature so small and abject, that it representeth not the goodness of God.”

Thomas à Kempis (1380–1471) German canon regular

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 261.

“And when he is out of sight, quickly also is he out of mind.”

Thomas à Kempis book The Imitation of Christ

Book I, ch. 23.
The Imitation of Christ (c. 1418)

“How fast passes away the glory of this world.”
O quam cito transit gloria mundi.

Thomas à Kempis book The Imitation of Christ

Book I, ch. 3.
These words are used in the crowning of the pope.
The Imitation of Christ (c. 1418)

“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.”

Thomas à Kempis (1380–1471) German canon regular

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 124.

“Occasions of adversity best discover how great virtue or strength each one hath. For occasions do not make a man frail, but they show what he is.”

Thomas à Kempis (1380–1471) German canon regular

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 578.

“Man proposes, but God disposes.”
Homo proponit, sed Deus disponit.

Thomas à Kempis book The Imitation of Christ

Book I, ch. 19.
The Imitation of Christ (c. 1418)

“No man ruleth safely but that he is willingly ruled.”

Thomas à Kempis book The Imitation of Christ

Book I, ch. 20.
The Imitation of Christ (c. 1418)

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

Thomas à Kempis book The Imitation of Christ

Book I, ch. 20.
The Imitation of Christ (c. 1418)

“If thou seek rest in this life, how wilt them 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.”

Thomas à Kempis (1380–1471) German canon regular

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 515.

“Without the Way,
there is no going,
Without the Truth,
there is no knowing,
Without the Life,
there is no living.”

Thomas à Kempis book The Imitation of Christ

Book III. ch. 56.
The Imitation of Christ (c. 1418)

“For they truly know their Lord in the breaking of bread, whose heart within them so vehemently burneth, whilst Thou, O blessed Jesus, dost walk and converse with them.”

Thomas à Kempis (1380–1471) German canon regular

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 372.

“O Lord, self-renunciation is not the work of one day, nor children's sport; yea, rather in this word is included all perfection.”

Thomas à Kempis (1380–1471) German canon regular

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 536.

“First keep the peace within yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.”

Thomas à Kempis book The Imitation of Christ

Book II, ch. 3.
The Imitation of Christ (c. 1418)

“Love is swift, sincere, pious, pleasant, gentle, strong, patient, faithful, prudent, long-suffering, manly and never seeking her own; for whosoever a man seeketh his own, there he falleth from love.”

Thomas à Kempis book The Imitation of Christ

Book III, ch. 5.
The Imitation of Christ (c. 1418)

“He that avoideth not small faults, by little and little falleth into greater.”

Thomas à Kempis (1380–1471) German canon regular

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 548.

“Dispose thyself to patience rather than to comfort, and to the bearing of the cross rather than to gladness.”

Thomas à Kempis (1380–1471) German canon regular

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 442.

“If thou desire to profit, read with humility, simplicity, and faithfulness; nor even desire the repute of learning.”

Thomas à Kempis (1380–1471) German canon regular

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 37.