Man proposes, but God disposes.

Quote by Thomas Kempis

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An humble knowledge of thyself is a surer way to God than a deep search...

An humble knowledge of thyself is a surer way to God than a deep search...

Purity and simplicity are the two wings with which man soars above the earth and...

Purity and simplicity are the two wings with which man soars above the earth and...

A book has but one vioce, but it does not instruct everyone alike.

A book has but one vioce, but it does not instruct everyone alike.

It is much safer to obey than to rule.

It is much safer to obey than to rule.

He will easily be content and at peace, whose conscience is pure.

He will easily be content and at peace, whose conscience is pure.

No man ruleth safely but he that is willingly ruled.

No man ruleth safely but he that is willingly ruled.

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.

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...

Oh, how great peace and quietness would he possess who should cut off all vain...

Oh, how great peace and quietness would he possess who should cut off all vain...

All men commend patience, although few are willing to practice it.

All men commend patience, although few are willing to practice it.

At the Day of Judgment, we shall not be asked what we have read, but...

At the Day of Judgment, we shall not be asked what we have read, but...

Confidence is the illusion born of accidental success.

Confidence is the illusion born of accidental success.

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.

How seldom we weigh our neighbor in the same balance with ourselves.

How seldom we weigh our neighbor in the same balance with ourselves.

FIRST keep thyself in peace, and then shalt thou be able to be a peacemaker...

FIRST keep thyself in peace, and then shalt thou be able to be a peacemaker...

Purity and simplicity are the two wings with which man soars above the earth and...

Purity and simplicity are the two wings with which man soars above the earth and...

[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...

I cannot conceive of a personal God who would directly influence the actions of individuals,...

I cannot conceive of a personal God who would directly influence the actions of individuals,...

On the contrary, Subhuti, those Bodhisattvas who, when these words of the sutra are being...

On the contrary, Subhuti, those Bodhisattvas who, when these words of the sutra are being...

Our hope of immortality does not come from any religions, but nearly all religions come...

Our hope of immortality does not come from any religions, but nearly all religions come...