Endeavour to be always patient of the faults and imperfections of others for thou has many faults and imperfections of thine own that require forbearance. If thou are not able to make thyself that which thou wishest, how canst thou expect to mold another in conformity to thy will?
Thomas A Kempis quote If thou desire to profit, read with humility, simplicity, and faithfulness; nor even desire the repute of learning
Thomas A Kempis quote No one can obtain from the Pope a dispensation for never dying
Thomas A Kempis quote Happy is the man who renounces everything which may bring a stain or burden upon his conscience
Thomas A Kempis quote Let not your peace rest in the utterances of men, for whether they put a good or bad construction on your conduct does not make you other than you are
Thomas A Kempis quote Our dependence upon God ought to be so entire and absolute that we should never think it necessary, in any kind of distress, to have recourse to human consolations
Thomas A Kempis quote Biography
German ascetical writer, 1380-1471
