“Do not let your peace depend on the words of men. Their thinking well or badly of you does not make you different from what you are. Where are true peace and glory? Are they not in Me? He who neither cares to please men nor fears to displease them will enjoy great peace, for all unrest and distraction of the senses arise out of disorderly love and vain fear.”
Thomas à Kempis“Go where thou wilt, seek what thou wilt, and thou shalt not find a higher way above, nor a safer way below, than the way of the holy Cross."- Thomas A Kempis (The Following of Christ)”
Thomas à Kempis“What else does anxiety about the future bring you but sorrow upon sorrow?”
Thomas a Kempis“First keep peace with yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.”
Thomas a Kempis“Wait for the Lord. Behave yourself manfully, and be of good courage. Do not be faithless, but stay in your place and do not turn back.”
Thomas a Kempis“Without the way, there is no going; without the truth, there is no knowing; without the life, there is no living.”
Thomas a Kempis“A humble knowledge of thyself is a surer way to God than a deep search after learning.”
Thomas a Kempis“The loftier the building, the deeper must the foundation be laid.”
Thomas a Kempis“Intelligence must follow faith, never precede it, and never destroy it.”
Thomas a Kempis“All men commend patience, although few are willing to practice it.”
Thomas a Kempis“Purity and simplicity are the two wings with which man soars above the earth and all temporary nature.”
Thomas a Kempis