Thomas a Kempis Quote Explained: If you cast away one cross, you will certainly find another, and perhaps a heavier.

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The reflections on a day well spent furnish us with joys more pleasing than ten thousand triumphs.

Monk and writer

· Germany

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Whoever puts his confidence in men or in any creature is very foolish.

- Thomas a Kempis

Monk and writer

· Germany

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Whatsoever is done in charity, however small and of no reputation it be, bringeth forth good fruit.

- Thomas a Kempis

Monk and writer

· Germany

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He does much who loves God much, and he does much who does his deed well.

- Thomas a Kempis

Monk and writer

· Germany

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Love flies, runs, and rejoices; it is free and nothing can hold it back.

- Thomas a Kempis

Monk and writer

· Germany

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There is no creature so small and abject, that it representeth not the goodness of God.

- Thomas a Kempis

Monk and writer

· Germany

God
Goodness

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He that avoideth not small faults, by little and little falleth into greater.

- Thomas a Kempis

Monk and writer

· Germany

Faults
Sin

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By two wings a man is lifted up from things earthly: by simplicity and purity.

- Thomas a Kempis

Monk and writer

· Germany

Wings

If you cast away one cross, you will certainly find another, and perhaps a heavier.

If you cast away one cross, you will certainly find another, and perhaps a heavier.

The reflections on a day well spent furnish us with joys more pleasing than ten thousand triumphs.

Whoever puts his confidence in men or in any creature is very foolish.

Whatsoever is done in charity, however small and of no reputation it be, bringeth forth good fruit.

He does much who loves God much, and he does much who does his deed well.

Love flies, runs, and rejoices; it is free and nothing can hold it back.

There is no creature so small and abject, that it representeth not the goodness of God.

He that avoideth not small faults, by little and little falleth into greater.

By two wings a man is lifted up from things earthly: by simplicity and purity.

The course of a river is almost always disapproved of by the source.

An artist can show things that other people are terrified of expressing.

Acceptance of prevailing standards often means we have no standards of our own.

I was looking for acceptance, love, and that’s why I became present in everything I did.

At bottom, the whole concern of religion is with the manner of our acceptance of the universe.

Acceptance by government of a dissident press is a measure of the maturity of a nation.

Worry is the cross which we make for ourselves by over anxiety.

The greater our dread of crosses, the more necessary they are for us.

If you cast away one cross, you will certainly find another, and perhaps a heavier.

If you cast away one cross, you will certainly find another, and perhaps a heavier.

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