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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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...

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...

It is much safer to obey than to rule.

It is much safer to obey than to rule.

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.

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

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

What most of all hinders heavenly consolation is that you are too slow in turning...

What most of all hinders heavenly consolation is that you are too slow in turning...

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

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

If the truth shall have made thee free, thou shalt not care for the vain...

If the truth shall have made thee free, thou shalt not care for the vain...

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.

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.

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...

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.

Be assured that if you knew all, you would pardon all.

Be assured that if you knew all, you would pardon all.

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

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

Intelligence must follow faith, never precede it, and never destroy it.

Intelligence must follow faith, never precede it, and never destroy it.

Of two evils, the less is always to be chosen.

Of two evils, the less is always to be chosen.

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...

Let us ever remember that our interest is in concord, not in conflict; and that...

Let us ever remember that our interest is in concord, not in conflict; and that...

I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with...

I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with...

The way to secure peace is to be prepared for war.

The way to secure peace is to be prepared for war.