Thomas a Kempis Quotes & Sayings

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

“Love feels no burden, thinks nothing of trouble, attempts what is above its strength, pleads no excuse of impossibility; for it thinks all things lawful for itself, and all things possible.”

“Purity and simplicity are the two wings with which man soars above the earth and all temporary nature.”

“He who loves with purity considers not the gift of the lover, but the love of the giver.”

“The loftier the building, the deeper must the foundation be laid.”

“Great tranquility of heart is his who cares for neither praise nor blame.”

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

“Activate yourself to duty by remembering your position, who you are, and what you have obliged yourself to be.”

“What else does anxiety about the future bring you but sorrow upon sorrow?”

“What difference does it make to you what someone else becomes, or says, or does? You do not need to answer for others, only for yourself.”