Love feels no burden, thinks nothing of trouble, attempts what is above its strength, pleads no excuse of impossibility; for it thinks all things lawful for itself, and all things possible.
Thomas Kempis

Man proposes, but God disposes.
Thomas Kempis

No man ruleth safely but he that is willingly ruled.
Thomas Kempis

Occasions do not make a man either strong or weak but they show what he is.
Thomas Kempis

Of two evils, the less is always to be chosen.
Thomas Kempis

Oh, how great peace and quietness would he possess who should cut off all vain anxiety and place all his confidence in God.
Thomas Kempis

Out of sight, out of mind. The absent are always in the wrong.
Thomas Kempis

Purity and simplicity are the two wings with which man soars above the earth and all temporary nature.
Thomas Kempis

The acknowledgment of our weakness is the first step in repairing our loss.
Thomas Kempis

The loftier the building, the deeper must the foundation be laid.
Thomas Kempis

The only safe ruler is he who has learned to obey willingly.
Thomas Kempis

Wait for the Lord. Behave yourself manfully, and be of good courage. Do not be faithless, but stay in your place and do not turn back.
Thomas Kempis

We usually know what we can do, but temptation shows us who we are.
Thomas Kempis

What else does anxiety about the future bring you but sorrow upon sorrow?
Thomas Kempis

What most of all hinders heavenly consolation is that you are too slow in turning yourself to prayer.
Thomas Kempis

Who has a harder fight than he who is striving to overcome himself.
Thomas Kempis

Without the way, there is no going; without the truth, there is no knowing; without the life, there is no living.
Thomas Kempis