Thomas a Kempis
Thomas a Kempis
Thomas à Kempis, C.R.S.A.; c. 1380 – 25 July 1471) was a Dutch canon regular of the late medieval period and the author of The Imitation of Christ, one of the most popular and best known Christian books on devotion. His name means Thomas "of Kempen", his hometown, and in German he is known as Thomas von Kempen. He also is known by various spellings of his family name: Thomas Haemerken; Thomas Hammerlein; Thomas Hemerken and Thomas Hämerken...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionClergyman
CountryGermany
sweet good-love love-is
Love is a mighty power, a great and complete good. Love alone lightens every burden, and makes rough places smooth. It bears every hardship as though it were nothing, and renders all bitterness sweet and acceptable.
jesus world treasure
Whoever finds Jesus, finds a rich treasure, and a good above every good. He who loses Jesus loses much indeed, and more than the whole world. Poorest of all is he who lives without Jesus, and richest of all is he who stands in favor with Jesus.
evil laziness overcoming
So fixed are our spirits in slothfulness and cold indifference that we seldom overcome so much as one evil habit.
liberty libertarian done
At the day of judgment we shall not be asked what we have read but what we have done.
love wise perfect
Who is so wise as to have a perfect knowledge of all things? Therefore trust not too much to thine own opinion, but be ready also to hear the opinion of others. Thought thine own opinion be good, yet if for the love of God thou foregoest it, and followest that of another, thou shalt the more profit thereby.
men tongue glory
The glory of the good is in their consciences, and not in the tongues of men.
men may he-man
Happy is the man who renounces everything which may bring a stain or burden upon his conscience
balance neighbor
How seldom we weigh our neighbor in the same balance with ourselves.
emotion sometimes zeal
We are sometimes stirred by emotion and take it for zeal.
distance lying gossip
Always keep a good distance between yourself and lying, quarreling, detracting, insulting and gossip. The person who can do that will some day learn to enjoy the silence.
way ready unprepared
Always be ready; always live in such a way that death can never find you unprepared.
prayer hinder consolation
What most of all hinders heavenly consolation is that you are too slow in turning yourself to prayer.
jesus life-and-death helping
Cling, therefore, to Jesus in life and death; trust yourself to the glory of Him who alone can help you when all others fail.
doe
He does much who loves much.