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There is no creature so small and abject, that it representeth not the goodness of God.
The Imitation of Christ (1418)
And when he is out of sight, quickly also is he out of mind.
The Imitation of Christ (1418)
Of two evils, the less is always to be chosen.
The Imitation of Christ (1418)
Remember always your end, and that lost time does not return.
Happy is the man who hath the hour of his death always before his eyes, and daily prepareth himself to die.
The Imitation of Christ (1418)
Dispose thyself to patience rather than to comfort, and to the bearing of the cross rather than to gladness.
The Imitation of Christ (1418)
To account nothing of one’s self, and to think always kindly and highly of others, this is great and perfect wisdom.
The Imitation of Christ (1418)
The proud and the avaricious man are never at rest; while the poor and lowly of heart abide in the multitude of peace.
The Imitation of Christ (1418)
He that avoideth not small faults, by little and little falleth into greater.
The Imitation of Christ (1418)
A passionate man turneth even good into evil and easily believeth evil; a good, peaceable man converteth all things into good.
The Imitation of Christ (1418)
O Lord, self-renunciation is not the work of one day, nor children's sport; yea, rather in this word is included all perfection.
The Imitation of Christ (1418)
Fear God and thou shalt not quail before the terrors of men.
The Imitation of Christ (1418)
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.
The Imitation of Christ (1418)
How fast passes away the glory of this world.
The Imitation of Christ (1418)
Peace is ever with the humble man, but in the heart of the proud there is envy and continual wrath.
The Imitation of Christ (1418)
Grant that I may die to all worldly things, and for Thy sake love to be despised and unknown in this world.
The Imitation of Christ (1418)
Seek a suitable time for thy meditation, and think frequently of the mercies of God to thee.
The Imitation of Christ (1418)
A humble knowledge of oneself is a surer road to God than a deep searching of the sciences.
And because many seek knowledge rather than good living, therefore they go astray, and bear little or no fruit.
The Imitation of Christ (1418)
The greatest saints used to avoid as far as they could the company of men, and chose to live in secret with God.
The Imitation of Christ (1418)