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Daily Virtue Quote – Thomas a’ Kempis

"My child, I will teach you now the way of peace and true liberty. Seek, child, to do the will of others rather than your own. Always choose to have less rather than more. Look always for the last place and seek to be beneath all others. Always wish and pray that the will of [...]

2020-03-15T18:20:20-04:00January 20th, 2018|Categories: Daily Quote: Virtue|Tags: , , , , |Comments Off on Daily Virtue Quote – Thomas a’ Kempis

Daily Virtue Quote – Thomas a’ Kempis

"True peace of heart, then, is found resisting passions, not in satisfying them. There is no peace in the carnal man, in the man given to vain attractions, but there is peace in the fervent and spiritual man." Source: Thomas a’ Kempis, The Imitation of Christ, Dover Thrift Editions, 1940.

2020-03-15T18:20:23-04:00January 10th, 2018|Categories: Daily Quote: Virtue|Tags: , , , |Comments Off on Daily Virtue Quote – Thomas a’ Kempis

Daily Virtue Quote – Thomas a’ Kempis

"If there is good in you, see more good in others, so that you may remain humble. It does no harm to esteem yourself less than anyone else, but it is very harmful to think yourself better than even one. The humble live in continuous peace, while in the hearts of the proud are envy [...]

2020-03-15T18:20:34-04:00December 29th, 2017|Categories: Daily Quote: Virtue|Tags: , , , |Comments Off on Daily Virtue Quote – Thomas a’ Kempis

Daily Virtue Quote – Thomas a’ Kempis

"Do not be ashamed to serve others for the love of Jesus Christ and to seem poor in this world. Do not be self-sufficient but place your trust in God." Source: Thomas a’ Kempis, The Imitation of Christ, Dover Thrift Editions, 1940.

2020-03-15T18:20:40-04:00November 28th, 2017|Categories: Daily Quote: Virtue|Tags: , , , |Comments Off on Daily Virtue Quote – Thomas a’ Kempis

Daily Virtue Quote – Thomas a’ Kempis

The Voice of Christ: “All is not lost, then, if you sometimes feel less devout than you wish toward Me or My saints. That good and sweet feeling which you sometimes have is the effect of present grace and a certain foretaste of your heavenly home. You must not lean upon it too much, because [...]

2020-03-15T18:20:42-04:00November 20th, 2017|Categories: Daily Quote: Virtue|Tags: , , , , |Comments Off on Daily Virtue Quote – Thomas a’ Kempis

Daily Virtue Quote – Thomas a’ Kemps

"Love is swift, sincere, kind, pleasant, and delightful. Love is strong, patient and faithful, prudent, long-suffering, and manly. Love is never self-seeking, for in whatever a person seeks himself there he falls from love. Love is circumspect, humble, and upright. It is neither soft nor light, nor intent upon vain things. It is sober and [...]

2020-03-15T18:20:53-04:00October 29th, 2017|Categories: Daily Quote: Virtue|Tags: , , , , , |Comments Off on Daily Virtue Quote – Thomas a’ Kemps

Daily Virtue Quote – Thomas a Kempis

"When a man desires a thing too much, he at once becomes ill at ease. A proud and avaricious man never rests, whereas he who is poor and humble of heart lives in a world of peace." Source: Thomas a’ Kempis, The Imitation of Christ, Dover Thrift Editions, 1940.

2020-03-15T18:20:58-04:00October 10th, 2017|Categories: Daily Quote: Virtue|Tags: , , |Comments Off on Daily Virtue Quote – Thomas a Kempis

Daily Virtue Quote – Thomas a’ Kempis

"Indeed, the more spiritual progress a person makes, so much heavier will he frequently find the cross, because as his love increases, the pain of his exile also increases." Source: Thomas a’ Kempis, The Imitation of Christ, Dover Thrift Editions, 1940.

2020-03-15T18:21:09-04:00September 18th, 2017|Categories: Daily Quote: Virtue|Tags: , , |Comments Off on Daily Virtue Quote – Thomas a’ Kempis

Daily Virtue Quote – Thomas a’ Kempis

"There is no other way to life and to true inward peace than the way of the holy cross and daily mortification." Source: Thomas a’ Kempis, The Imitation of Christ, Dover Thrift Editions, 1940.

2020-03-15T18:21:13-04:00August 28th, 2017|Categories: Daily Quote: Virtue|Tags: , , , |Comments Off on Daily Virtue Quote – Thomas a’ Kempis

Daily Virtue Quote – Thomas a’ Kempis

"In the cross is salvation, in the cross is life, in the cross is protection from enemies, in the cross is infusion of heavenly sweetness, in the cross is strength of mind, in the cross is joy of spirit, in the cross is highest virtue, in the cross is perfect holiness. There is no salvation [...]

2020-03-15T18:21:24-04:00August 10th, 2017|Categories: Daily Quote: Virtue|Tags: , , , , , |Comments Off on Daily Virtue Quote – Thomas a’ Kempis
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