What did Thomas a Kempis mean by: Out of sight, out of mind. The absent are always in the wrong. - Thomas a Kempis Monk and writer · Germany Copy
+ All earthly joy begins pleasantly, but at the end it gnaws and kills. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Thomas a Kempis, Greed, Joy, Materialism, 0 - Thomas a Kempis Monk and writer · Germany
+ If thou art willing to suffer no adversity, how wilt thou be the friend of Christ? Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Thomas a Kempis, Adversity, Art, Pain, 0 - Thomas a Kempis Monk and writer · Germany
+ The Lord has many lovers of His crown but few lovers of His Cross. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Thomas a Kempis, Crowns, Lord, Lovers, 0 - Thomas a Kempis Monk and writer · Germany
+ Thou wilt always rejoice in the evening, if thou spend the day profitably. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Thomas a Kempis, Evening, Rejoice, 0 - Thomas a Kempis Monk and writer · Germany
+ Seek not to know who said this or that, but take note of what has been said. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Thomas a Kempis, Notes, 0 - Thomas a Kempis Monk and writer · Germany
+ Two wings lift a person up from earthly concerns: Simplicity in intention, and Purity in feeling. Explain Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023February 5, 2024, Thomas a Kempis, Simplicity, Wings, 0 - Thomas a Kempis Monk and writer · Germany
+ Old custom is hard to break and scarce any man will be led otherwise than seemeth good unto himself. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Thomas a Kempis, Break, Tradition, 0 - Thomas a Kempis Monk and writer · Germany
+ Who has a harder fight than he who is striving to overcome himself. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Thomas a Kempis, Art, Fight, Overcoming, 0 - Thomas a Kempis Monk and writer · Germany
One mark of a second-rate mind is to be always telling stories. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Two quite opposite qualities equally bias our minds – habits and novelty. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Timorous minds are much more inclined to deliberate than to resolve. - Jean Francois Paul de Gondi Clergy · France
I didn’t mind my own company as a child; I was happy playing alone in the sandpit. - Michael Leunig Cartoonist · Australia
I don’t think we should speak so much. What if we were singing a song? We split, whilst singing. - Jean Gabin
