Thomas a Kempis Art Quotations

Who has a harder fight than he who is striving to overcome himself.

If thou art willing to suffer no adversity, how wilt thou be the friend of Christ?

What thou art, that thou art; that God knoweth thee to be and thou canst be said to be no greater.

Thou art my glory and the exultation of y heart: thou art my hope and refuge in the day of my trouble.

What thou art, that thou art.

Trust not to friends and kindred, neither do thou put off the care of thy soul's welfare til hereafter; for men will sooner forget thee than thou art aware of.

Why seekest thou rest, since thou art born to labor? [Lat., Cur quaeris quietem, quam natus sis ad laborem?]

Endeavor to be always patient of the faults and imperfections of others; for thou hast many faults and imperfections of thine own that require forbearance. If thou art not able to make thyself that which thou wishest, how canst thou expect to mold another in conformity to thy will?