Thomas à Kempis: Quotes about life

Thomas à Kempis was German canon regular. Explore interesting quotes on life.

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“For a small reward, a man will hurry away on a long journey; while for eternal life, many will hardly take a single step.”

Thomas à Kempis

“A sure way of retaining the grace of heaven is to disregard outward appearances, and diligently to cultivate such things as foster amendment of life and fervour of soul, rather than to cultivate those qualities that seem most popular.”

Thomas à Kempis

Source: The Inner Life

“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)

“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

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

“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

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