The Imitation of Christ: (Original translation as heard on the Hallow App)
Consider instead the things of heaven, and you will recognize that all these temporal things are nothing but uncertainties and burdens, since they are never possessed without anxiety and fear.
Thomas à Kempis • The Imitation of Christ: (Original translation as heard on the Hallow App)
Chapter 13 Resist temptations
Thomas à Kempis • The Imitation of Christ: (Original translation as heard on the Hallow App)
- What can the world possibly give you without Jesus?
Thomas à Kempis • The Imitation of Christ: (Original translation as heard on the Hallow App)
However, if we do not have, or do not feel, divine consolations, the fault is our own because we do not try to have a contrite heart, nor try to rid ourselves of vain and useless satisfactions.
Thomas à Kempis • The Imitation of Christ: (Original translation as heard on the Hallow App)
Chapter 17 On monastic life
Thomas à Kempis • The Imitation of Christ: (Original translation as heard on the Hallow App)
Learn to give little notice to exterior things. Instead prepare within your heart a permanent place for Jesus. This will identify you as a true Christian and let you adore God in a way worthy of his infinite majesty. You will even find yourself absorbed in God. At the same time it will allow a foretaste of the happiness you will possess in heaven.
Thomas à Kempis • The Imitation of Christ: (Original translation as heard on the Hallow App)
Chapter 24 Judgment and punishment of sinners
Thomas à Kempis • The Imitation of Christ: (Original translation as heard on the Hallow App)
No one is more confident in public than one who voluntarily retires alone. No one can more safely speak than one who knows how to refrain from speech. No one governs better than one who can live willingly under someone else. No one commands with more assurance than one who can take orders.
Thomas à Kempis • The Imitation of Christ: (Original translation as heard on the Hallow App)
Those who take your part today may be against you tomorrow, or vice versa, because men change as often as the wind. Put all your confidence in God and let God be the object of your love and your fear. God will answer for you and depose everything for your good.