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• O Lord, Thou knowest that which is best for us; let this or that be done, as Thou shalt please. Give what Thou wilt, how much Thou wilt, and when Thou wilt. Deal with me as thou thinkest best. Place me where Thou wilt, and deal with me in all things just as Thou wilt. Behold, I am Thy servant, prepared for all things: I desire not to live unto myself, but unto Thee; and oh, that I could do it worthily and perfectly!

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  Giving, Justice, Preparation

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• All men desire peace, but very few desire those things that make for peace.

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  Peace, Men, Desire

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• Love makes everything that is heavy light.

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  Love, True Love, Light

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• In the morning fix thy good purpose; and at night examine thyself what thou hast done, how thou hast behaved thyself in word, deed, and thought.

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  Morning, Night, Purpose

  St. Augustine, Dr. Howard Taylor, Mrs. Howard Taylor, Apostolic Fathers, J. Oswald Sanders (2010). “Moody Classics Complete Set: Includes 19 Classics of the Faith in a Single Volume”, p.1550, Moody Publishers

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• Carefully avoid in yourself those things which distrub you in others.

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• Love flies, runs, and rejoices; it is free and nothing can hold it back.

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  Running, Rejoice

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• Whoever finds Jesus, finds a rich treasure, and a good above every good. He who loses Jesus loses much indeed, and more than the whole world. Poorest of all is he who lives without Jesus, and richest of all is he who stands in favor with Jesus.

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  Faith, Jesus, World

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• Do not try to find a place free from temptations and troubles. Rather, seek a peace that endures even when you are beset by various temptations and tried by much adversity.

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  Adversity, Temptation, Trying

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• It is much safer to obey than to rule.

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  Scary

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• Every man naturally desires knowledge; but what good is knowledge without fear of God? Indeed a humble rustic who serves God is better than a proud intellectual who neglects his soul to study the course of the stars.

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  Stars, Humble, Men

  Thomas (à Kempis), Thomas A. Kempis, Aloysius Croft, Harold Bolton (2003). “The Imitation of Christ”, p.2, Courier Corporation

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• Nothing is sweeter than love, nothing more courageous, nothing higher, nothing wider, nothing more pleasant, nothing fuller nor better in heaven and earth; because love is born of God, and cannot rest but in God, above all created things.

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  Spiritual, Love Is, Heaven

  Thomas a Kempis (2013). “The Imitation of Christ; Or, the Ecclesiastical Music”, p.120, Cambridge University Press

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• Man considers the actions, but God weighs the intentions.

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  Men, Action, Intention

  Thomas a Kempis, James Jones (1842). “The Following of Christ...”, p.118

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• Constantly choose rather to want less, than to have more.

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  Want

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• Forasmuch as many people study more to have knowledge than to live well therefore ofttimes they err and bring forth little fruit or none.

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  Knowledge, People, Littles

  Thomas a Kempis (1913). “The Imitation of Christ”

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• We would willingly have others perfect, and yet we amend not our own faults. We would have others severely corrected and will not be corrected ourselves. The large liberty of others displeases us, and yet we will not have our own desires denied us. We will have others kept under by strict laws, but in no sort will ourselves be restrained. And thus it appears how seldom we weigh our neighbor in the same balance with ourselves.

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  Law, Perfect, Balance

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• Temptations discover what you are.

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  Temptation

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• Let not therefore thy heart be troubled, neither let it fear. Trust in me, and put thy confidence in my mercy. When thou thinkest thyself farthest off from me, oftentimes I am nearest unto thee. When thou countest almost all to be lost, then oftentimes the greatest gain of reward is close at hand. All is not lost, when any thing falleth out contrary. Thou oughtest not to judge according to present feeling; nor so to take any grief, or give thyself over to it.

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  Grief, Heart, Hands

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• If you can win complete mastery over self, you will easily master all else. To triumph over self is the perfect victory.

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  Winning, Self, Discipline

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• He will be with you also, all the way, that faithful God. Every morning when you awaken to the old and tolerable pain, at every mile of the hot uphill dusty road of tiring duty, on to the judgment seat, the same Christ there as ever, still loving you, still sufficient for you, even then. And then, on through all eternity.

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  Faith, Morning, Pain

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• If you can talk and it's convenient to talk, try to say things that edify.

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  Trying, Ifs, Convenient

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• We feel and weigh soon enough what we suffer from others: but how much others suffer from us, of this we take no heed.

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  Soon Enough, Justice, Diversity

  Thomas a Kempis (1913). “The Imitation of Christ”

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• All earthly joy begins pleasantly, but at the end it gnaws and kills.

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  Greed, Joy, Materialism

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• Some people are tempted most strongly at the beginning of their spiritual life, others near the end. Some are troubled all their lives. Still others receive only light temptation. Such things are decided by God, and we can trust his wisdom.

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  Spiritual, Light, People

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• 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.

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  Book, Heart, Mirrors

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• All men are frail; but thou shouldst reckon none so frail as thyself.

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  Men, Frail, Frailty

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