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If thou desire to profit, read with humility, simplicity, and faithfulness; nor even desire the repute of learning.

Thomas à Kempis

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Thomas à Kempis (c. 1380 – 25 July 1471) was a German medieval Christian monk and author of The Imitation of Christ, one of the best known Christian books on devotion.

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Alternative Names: Thomas von Kempen • Thomas Hammerlein • Thomas Hemerken • Thomas Hämerken • Malleolus • Thomas a Kempis • Thomas von Kempen à Kempis • Hämerkin • Hämmerlein • Thomas Haemerkken

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Choose for thy companions God and His Angels only, and flee from the notice of men.

Seek a suitable time for thy meditation, and think frequently of the mercies of God to thee.

. . . be able to live peaceably with the hard and perverse, or with the disorderly, or those who oppose us, this is a great grace and a thing much to be commended and most worthy of a man.

If thou desire to profit, read with humility, simplicity, and faithfulness; nor even desire the repute of learning. - Thomas à Kempis

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