Quotes from Thomas a Kempis
Love is a great thing, yea, a great and thorough good. By itself it makes what is heavy light; and bears evenly all that is uneven.
— Thomas a Kempis
All is vanity but to love God and serve Him.
— Thomas a Kempis
Out of sight, out of mind. The absent are always in the wrong.
— Thomas a Kempis
Grace is the mastery of truth, the teacher of discipline, the light of the heart, the comforter of affliction, the banisher of sorrow, the nurse of devotion.
— Thomas a Kempis
A lover of Jesus and of the truth can lift himself above himself in spirit.
— Thomas a Kempis
Wheresoever we seek our own, there we fall from love.
— Thomas a Kempis
He does much who loves God much, and he does much who does his deed well.
— Thomas a Kempis
Though weary, it is not tired: though pressed it is not straightened; though alarmed, it is not confounded; but as a living flame it forces itself upwards and securely passes through all.
— Thomas a Kempis
Love longs to be free, a stranger to every worldly desire, lest its inner vision become dimmed, and lest worldly self-interest hinder it or ill-fortune cast it down.
— Thomas a Kempis
He does much who loves God much, and he does much who does his deed well, and he does his deed well who does it rather for the common good than for his own will.
— Thomas a Kempis
First keep peace with yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.
— Thomas a Kempis
What difference does it make to you what someone else becomes, or says, or does? You do not need to answer for others, only for yourself.
— Thomas a Kempis