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
army undone duty
It is thy duty often times to do what thou wouldst not; thy duty too, to leave undone that thou wouldst do.
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He does much who loves God much, and he does much who does his deed well.
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And if thy heart be straight with God then every creature shall be to thee a mirror of life and a book of holy doctrine for there is no creature so little or so despised but that sheweth and representeth the goodness of God.
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He will easily be content and at peace, whose conscience is pure.
Bear the Cross cheerfully and it will bear you.
Of two evils, the less is always to be chosen.
How quickly passes away the glory of this world.
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Without the way, there is no going; without the truth, there is no knowing; without the life, there is no living.