It is much safer to obey than to rule.

Quote by Thomas Kempis

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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.

Bear the Cross cheerfully and it will bear you.

Bear the Cross cheerfully and it will bear you.

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.

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.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

I would far rather feel remorse than know how to define it.

I would far rather feel remorse than know how to define it.

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.

Man proposes, but God disposes.

Man proposes, but God disposes.

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...

[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...

Life without a purpose is a languid, drifting thing; every day we ought to review...

Life without a purpose is a languid, drifting thing; every day we ought to review...

This is the true joy of life, the being used up for a purpose recognized...

This is the true joy of life, the being used up for a purpose recognized...

We are all living with a purpose, but its interpretation for many seems to be...

We are all living with a purpose, but its interpretation for many seems to be...

LIFE: Love, Intelligence, Fun, Evolution in that order.

LIFE: Love, Intelligence, Fun, Evolution in that order.