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

Quote by Thomas Kempis

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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...

Bear the Cross cheerfully and it will bear you.

Bear the Cross cheerfully and it will bear you.

Without the way, there is no going; without the truth, there is no knowing; without...

Without the way, there is no going; without the truth, there is no knowing; without...

Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old...

Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old...

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...

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.

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...

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...

Wait for the Lord. Behave yourself manfully, and be of good courage. Do not be...

Wait for the Lord. Behave yourself manfully, and be of good courage. Do not be...

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

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

[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...

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

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

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?

In the holy Scriptures, truth is to be looked for rather than fair phrases

In the holy Scriptures, truth is to be looked for rather than fair phrases

No man ruleth safely but he that is willingly ruled.

No man ruleth safely but he that is willingly ruled.

Faith is required of thee, and a sincere life, not loftiness of intellect, nor deepness...

Faith is required of thee, and a sincere life, not loftiness of intellect, nor deepness...

If you cannot mould yourself entirely as you would wish, how can you expect other...

If you cannot mould yourself entirely as you would wish, how can you expect other...

Confidence is the illusion born of accidental success.

Confidence is the illusion born of accidental success.

There comes a time when you have to stand up and shout: This is me...

There comes a time when you have to stand up and shout: This is me...

Every human has four endowments- self awareness, conscience, independent will and creative imagination. These give...

Every human has four endowments- self awareness, conscience, independent will and creative imagination. These give...