Will Thomas
Will Thomas
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NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
CountryUnited States of America
pain saint spirit
Few spirits are made better by the pain and languor of sickness; as few great pilgrims become eminent saints.
heart errors simplicity
If thou hadst simplicity and purity, thou wouldst be able to comprehend all things without error, and behold them without danger. The pure heart safely pervades not only heaven, but hell.
perfect patient submission
Carry the cross patiently, and with perfect submission; and in the end it shall carry you.
death dying passing-away
So passes away the glory of this world. ('Sic transit gloria mundi.')
mean humility men
He who knows himself well is mean and abject in his own sight, and takes no delight in the vain praise of men.
humility understanding honor
It is better to have but little knowledge with humility and understanding, than great learning which might make you proud. For a person's merits are not to be estimated by having many visions, or by knowledge of the bible, or by being placed in a higher position; but by being grounded in true humility, and by seeking always, purely, and entirely, the honor of God.
forgiveness pardon ifs
Be assured that if you knew all, you would pardon all.
simple men wings
Purity and simplicity are the two wings with which man soars above the earth and all temporary nature.
heaven soul grace
A sure way of retaining the grace of heaven is to disregard outward appearances, and diligently to cultivate such things as foster amendment of life and fervour of soul, rather than to cultivate those qualities that seem most popular.
soul sorrow trouble
He that seeketh anything else but simply God and the salvation of his soul, will find nothing but trouble and sorrow.
inspirational-life mind
When anger enters the mind, wisdom departs.
fighting men giving
If you would endeavor, like men of courage, to stand in the battle, surely we would feel the favorable assistance of God from heaven. For he who give the us occasion to fight, to the end we may get the victory, is ready to succor those that fight manfully, and do trust in his grace.
priorities desire use
Let temporal things serve thy use, but the eternal be the object of thy desire.
helping-others done charity
Whatsoever is done in charity, however small and of no reputation it be, bringeth forth good fruit.