Thomas a Kempis
Thomas a Kempis
Thomas à Kempis, C.R.S.A.; c. 1380 – 25 July 1471) was a Dutch canon regular of the late medieval period and the author of The Imitation of Christ, one of the most popular and best known Christian books on devotion. His name means Thomas "of Kempen", his hometown, and in German he is known as Thomas von Kempen. He also is known by various spellings of his family name: Thomas Haemerken; Thomas Hammerlein; Thomas Hemerken and Thomas Hämerken...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionClergyman
CountryGermany
Thomas a Kempis quotes about
jesus growth lovers
A lover of Jesus and of the truth can lift himself above himself in spirit.
sorrow able sin
It is better to be affected with a true penitent sorrow for sin than to be able to resolve the most difficult cases about it.
patient failing endeavor
Endeavor to be patient in bearing with the defects and infirmities of others, of what sort 'soever they be; for that thyself also has many failings which must be borned with by others.
law perfect desire
We would willingly have others perfect, and yet we amend not our own faults. We would have others severely corrected and will not be corrected ourselves. The large liberty of others displeases us, and yet we will not have our own desires denied us. We will have others kept under by strict laws, but in no sort will ourselves be restrained. And thus it appears how seldom we weigh our neighbor in the same balance with ourselves.
want
Constantly choose rather to want less, than to have more.
love sweet
How sweet it is to love, and to be dissolved, and as it were to bathe myself in thy love.
grace able persons
To be able to live peaceably with hard and perverse persons, or with the disorderly, or with such as go contrary to us, is a great grace.
love light heavy
Love makes everything that is heavy light.
adversity men iron
As iron put into the fire loseth its rust and becometh clearly red-hot, so he that wholly turneth himself unto God puts off all slothfulness, and is transformed into a new man.
spiritual inspirational-life men
The more spiritual a man desires to be, the more bitter does this present life become to him, because he perceives better and sees more clearly the defects of human corruption.
god winning thee
Let nothing disturb thee, Let nothing affright thee; All passeth away: God only shall stay. Patience wins all: Who hath God, needeth nothing; For God is his All.
passing-away earth glory
O how quickly passes away the glory of the earth.
grace strive obedience
Whoever strives to withdraw from obedience, withdraws from grace.
jesus finding-yourself ruins
If you seek Jesus in all things you will surely find Jesus. And if you seek yourself, you will surely find yourself, but only to your ruin.