Quotes from Thomas a Kempis

No man is without his load of trouble.

The acknowledgment of our weakness is the first step in repairing our loss.

In the morning consider that you may not live till evening, and when evening comes do not dare to promise yourself the dawn.

If it seemeth to thee that thou knowest many things, and understandest them well, know also that there are many more things which thou knowest not.

Many things there are to know which profiteth little or nothing to the soul.

As iron cast into fire loses its rust and becomes glowing white, so he who turns completely to God is stripped of his sluggishness and changed into a new man.

Nothing, how little so ever it be, if it is suffered for God's sake, can pass without merit in the sight of God.

The spirit which is pure, sincere, and steadfast, is not distracted though it hath many works to do, because it doth all things to the honour of God, and striveth to be free from all thoughts of self-seeking.

Not every affection which seems good is to be immediately followed. Neither is every opposite affection to be immediately avoided. Sometimes it is expedient to use restraint even in good desires and wishes, lest through importunity you fall into distraction of mind, lest through want of discipline you become a stumbling block to others.

But if Christ is amongst us, then it is necessary that we sometimes yield up our own opinion for the sake of peace.

Nothing, how little so ever it be, if it is suffered for God's sake, can pass without merit in the sight of God.

Better is it now to purify the soul from sin, than to cling to sins from which we must be purged hereafter. Truly we deceive ourselves by the inordinate love which we bear towards the flesh.