We usually know what we can do, but temptation shows us who we are.

Quote by Thomas Kempis

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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...

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?

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

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

He who loves with purity considers not the gift of the lover, but the love...

He who loves with purity considers not the gift of the lover, but the love...

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...

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...

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.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

[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...

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?

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

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

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...

Keep yourself a stranger and pilgrim upon earth, to whom the affairs of this world...

Keep yourself a stranger and pilgrim upon earth, to whom the affairs of this world...

We do not see things as they are. We see them as we are.

We do not see things as they are. We see them as we are.

You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct...

You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct...