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The perfect victory is to triumph over ourselves. For that keepeth himself subject in such sort that his sensual affections be obedient to reason, and his reason in all things obedient to Me; that person is truly conqueror of himself, and lord of the world.

— Thomas à Kempis

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The Complete Guide to Christian Quotations (2011), p. 7

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