Daily Virtue Quote – Thomas a’ Kempis
"You must not think that you have made any progress until you look upon yourself as inferior to all others." Source: Thomas a’ Kempis, The Imitation of Christ, Dover Thrift Editions, 1940.
Daily Virtue Quote – Thomas a’ Kempis
"You must seek earnestly the grace of devotion, ask for it fervently, await it patiently and hopefully, receive it gratefully, guard it humbly, cooperate with it carefully and leave to God, when it comes, the length and manner of the heavenly visitation. When you feel little or no inward devotion, you should especially humiliate yourself, [...]
Daily Virtue Quote – Thomas a’ Kempis
"If you see another sin openly or commit a serious crime, do not consider yourself better, for you do not know how long you can remain good. All men are frail, but you must admit that none is more frail than yourself." Source: Thomas a’ Kempis, The Imitation of Christ, Dover Thrift Editions, 1940. [...]
Daily Virtue Quote – Thomas a’ Kempis
"If you do not know how to meditate on heavenly things, direct your thoughts to Christ’s passion and willingly behold His sacred wounds. If you turn devoutly to the wounds and precious stigmata of Christ, you will find great comfort in suffering, you will mind but little the scorn of men, and you will easily [...]
Daily Virtue Quote – Thomas a’ Kempis
"Without care and diligence you will never acquire virtue. When you begin to grow lukewarm, you are falling into the beginning of evil; but if you give yourself to fervor, you will find peace and will experience less hardship because of God’s grace and the love of virtue." Source: Thomas a’ Kempis, The Imitation [...]
Daily Virtue Quote – Thomas a’ Kempis
"He who does not overcome small faults, shall fall little by little into greater ones." Source: Thomas a’ Kempis, The Imitation of Christ, Dover Thrift Editions, 1940.
Daily Virtue Quote – Thomas a’ Kempis
"Two things particularly further improvement – to withdraw oneself forcibly from those vices to which nature is viciously inclined, and to work fervently for those graces which are most needed." Source: Thomas a’ Kempis, The Imitation of Christ, Dover Thrift Editions, 1940.
Daily Virtue Quote – Thomas a’ Kempis
"It is better to atone for sin now and to cut away vices than to keep them for purgation in the hereafter. In truth, we deceive ourselves by our ill-advised love of the flesh. What will that fire feed upon but our sins?" Source: Thomas a’ Kempis, The Imitation of Christ, Dover Thrift Editions, [...]
Daily Virtue Quote – Thomas a’ Kempis
"Blessed is he who keeps the moment of death ever before his eyes and prepares for it every day." Source: Thomas a’ Kempis, The Imitation of Christ, Dover Thrift Editions, 1940.
Daily Virtue Quote – Thomas a’ Kempis
"This is the great wisdom – to seek the kingdom of heaven through contempt of the world. It is vanity, therefore, to seek and trust in riches that perish. It is vanity also to court honor and to be puffed up with pride. It is vanity to follow the lusts of the body and to [...]