Thomas à Kempis: Quotes about peace

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

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“The more humble and obedient to God a man is, the more wise and at peace he will be in all that he does.”

Thomas à Kempis

Source: The Inner Life

“All men desire peace, but very few desire those things that make for peace.”

Thomas à Kempis book The Imitation of Christ

Source: The Imitation of Christ

“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)

“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.