And because many seek knowledge rather than good living, th… - Thomas à Kempis

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And because many seek knowledge rather than good living, therefore they go astray, and bear little or no fruit.

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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But they that are perfect, do not give ready heed to every news-bearer, for they know man’s weakness that it is prone to evil and unstable in words.

At the Day of Judgement we shall not be asked what we have read but what we have done; not how well we have spoken, but how holily we have lived.

Be thou never without something to do; be reading, or writing, or praying, or meditating, or doing something that is useful to the community.

And because many seek knowledge rather than good living, therefore they go astray, and bear little or no fruit. - Thomas à Kempis

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