Oh, how great peace and quietness would he possess who should cut off all vain anxiety and place all his confidence in God.

Quote by Thomas Kempis

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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...

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

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

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?

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...

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.

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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.

No man ruleth safely but he that is willingly ruled.

No man ruleth safely but he that is willingly ruled.

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

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

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

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

The only safe ruler is he who has learned to obey willingly.

The only safe ruler is he who has learned to obey willingly.

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...

There is nothing more galling to angry people than the coolness of those on whom...

There is nothing more galling to angry people than the coolness of those on whom...

Anger blows out the lamp of the mind

Anger blows out the lamp of the mind

Cultivate a heart of love that knows no anger

Cultivate a heart of love that knows no anger

Be around the people you want to be like, because you will be like the...

Be around the people you want to be like, because you will be like the...

A goal without a plan is just a wish.

A goal without a plan is just a wish.