Whoever strives to withdraw from obedience, withdraws from grace.
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If thou bear the Cross cheerfully, it will bear thee.Thomas à Kempis
A disciple once complained, 'You tell us stories, but you never reveal their meaning to us.' The master replied, 'How would you like it if someone offered you fruit and then chewed it up for you before giving it to you' If your heart is straight with God, then every creature will be to you a mirror of life and a book of holy doctrine.
Thomas à Kempis
Never be entirely idle; but either be reading, or writing, or praying or meditating or endeavoring something for the public good.
Thomas a Kempis
And if thy heart be straight with God, then every creature shall be to thee a mirror of life and a book of holy doctrine, for there is no creature so little or so vile, but that sheweth and representeth the goodness of God.
Thomas à Kempis
Count not thyself to have found true peace, if thou hast felt no grief nor that then all is well if thou hast no adversary nor that this is perfect, if all things fall out according to thy desire.
Thomas à Kempis
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