Thomas Kempis

Found 11 thoughts of Thomas Kempis

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

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

No man ruleth safely but he that is willingly ruled.

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

Why have many saints been so perfectly contemplative? Because they always studied to mortify themselves from worldly desires, that they might freely, with all the power of their heart, tend to our Lord.

It is much safer to obey, than to govern.

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

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

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

An humble knowledge of thyself is a surer way to God than a deep search after learning.

All men commend patience, although few are willing to practice it.