Thomas à Kempis Quotes
d. 1471 Germany
Thomas à Kempis (c. 1380 – 25 July 1471) was a German medieval Christian monk and author of The Imitation of Christ, one of the best known Christian books on devotion.
- Germany
- Theologians
Also known as: The Imitation of Christ, തോമസ് അക്കെമ്പിസ്
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There is no man in the world free from trouble or anguish, though he were King or Pope.
Know thou that the love of thyself is more hurtful to thee than anything in the world.
Many things there are to know which profiteth little or nothing to the soul.
If thou think wholly upon thyself and upon God, what thou seest out of doors shall move thee little.
And he who seeketh not to please men, nor feareth to displease, shall enjoy abundant peace.
Many men have many opinions, and therefore little trust is to be placed in them.
No man ruleth safely but that he is willingly ruled.
No one can obtain from the Pope a dispensation for never dying.
Man proposes, but God disposes.
Therefore trust not too much to thine own opinion, but be ready also to hear the opinions of others.
He is truly great that is little in himself, and that maketh no account of any height of honors.
Learn now to suffer a little, that then thou mayest be enabled to escape heavier sufferings.
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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Thomas à Kempis (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.