Thomas à Kempis

“Love to be unknown.”

“First keep peace with yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.”

“The highest and most profitable lesson is the true knowledge of ourselves.”

“Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be.”

“Occasions do not make a man either strong or weak, but they show what he is.”

“Do not let your peace depend on the hearts of men.”

“He has great tranquility of heart who cares neither for the praises nor the fault-finding of men.”

“Whoever loves much, does much.”

“Love to be unknown.”

“Man proposes, but God disposes.”

“If you wish to learn and appreciate something worth while, then love to be unknown and considered as nothing.”

“Habit is overcome by habit.”

“If you carry the cross willingly, it will carry you.”

“A wise lover values not so much the gift of the lover as the love of the giver.”

“A humble knowledge of thyself is a surer way to God than a deep search after learning.”

“Let nothing be great in your eyes, save God.”

“Jesus has many who love His kingdom in heaven, but few who bear His cross.”

“First keep peace with yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.”

“Without the Way, there is no going. Without the Truth, there is no knowing. Without the Life, there is no living.”

“At the Day of Judgment we shall not be asked what we have read, but what we have done.”