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

Quote by Thomas Kempis

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

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

Confidence is the illusion born of accidental success.

Confidence is the illusion born of accidental success.

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

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

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

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

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

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

No man ruleth safely but he that is willingly ruled.

No man ruleth safely but he that is willingly ruled.

We usually know what we can do, but temptation shows us who we are.

We usually know what we can do, but temptation shows us who we are.

Great tranquility of heart is his who cares for neither praise not blame.

Great tranquility of heart is his who cares for neither praise not blame.

Who has a harder fight than he who is striving to overcome himself.

Who has a harder fight than he who is striving to overcome himself.

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

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

But because many endeavor to get knowledge rather than to live well, they are often...

But because many endeavor to get knowledge rather than to live well, they are often...

[Christ] was willing to suffer wrongs and to be despised, and do you dare to...

[Christ] was willing to suffer wrongs and to be despised, and do you dare to...

First keep the peace within yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.

First keep the peace within yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.

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

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

Out of sight, out of mind. The absent are always in the wrong.

Out of sight, out of mind. The absent are always in the wrong.

Gladly we desire to make other men perfect, but we will not amend our own...

Gladly we desire to make other men perfect, but we will not amend our own...

Blessed are the ears that hear the pulse of the divine whisperer, and give no...

Blessed are the ears that hear the pulse of the divine whisperer, and give no...

Theology is never any help; it is searching in a dark cellar at midnight for...

Theology is never any help; it is searching in a dark cellar at midnight for...

Let us put theology out of religion. Theology has always sent the worst to heaven,...

Let us put theology out of religion. Theology has always sent the worst to heaven,...

Religion and atheism will both survive it [the musical Jesus Christ Superstar by Time Rice...

Religion and atheism will both survive it [the musical Jesus Christ Superstar by Time Rice...