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

Quote by Thomas Kempis

Topics: Prayer Quotes, Religion Quotes

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...

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.

Bear the Cross cheerfully and it will bear you.

Bear the Cross cheerfully and it will bear you.

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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

Who has a harder fight than he who is striving to overcome himself.

Who has a harder fight than he who is striving to overcome himself.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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

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

The acknowledgment of our weakness is the first step in repairing our loss.

The acknowledgment of our weakness is the first step in repairing our loss.

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.

By burning Luther's books you may rid your bookshelves of him, but you will not...

By burning Luther's books you may rid your bookshelves of him, but you will not...

The reason why so few good books are written is that so few people who...

The reason why so few good books are written is that so few people who...