To account nothing of one’s self, and to think always kindl… - Thomas à Kempis

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To account nothing of one’s self, and to think always kindly and highly of others, this is great and perfect wisdom.

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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Pen Names: Tomáš Hemerken Kempenský

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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Thou art miserable wheresoever thou art, and whithersoever thou turnest, unless thou turn thee to God.

We are ready to see others made perfect, and yet we do not amend our own shortcomings.

. . . 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.

To account nothing of one’s self, and to think always kindly and highly of others, this is great and perfect wisdom. - Thomas à Kempis

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