Frasi di Tommaso da Kempis

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“Grande pace mentale ha colui che non si preoccupa né dei complimenti né delle critiche.”

“Ho cercato la pace ovunque, non l’ho trovata da nessuna parte se non in un angolo con un libro.”

“Le avversità non rendono l'uomo debole ma mostrano la forza che ha.”

“Per prima cosa sii in pace con te stesso, poi potrai portare la pace agli altri.”

“È molto più prudente obbedire che comandare.”

“Un uomo di pace fa molto più bene di un uomo colto.”

“L'uomo propone, ma chi dispone è Dio.”
Homo proponit, sed Deus disponit

“L’amore non sente pesi, ignora i suoi problemi, affronta quello che è al di sopra delle sue forze, non invoca scuse per l’impossibilità, perché pensa che tutto sia legittimo per lui e che tutto sia possibile.”

“Porta con gioia la tua croce e quella porterà te.”

“Homo proponit, sed Deus disponit.”

“A pure, sincere, and stable spirit is not distracted though it be employed in many works; for that it works all to the honor of God, and inwardly being still and quiet, seeks not itself in any thing it doth.”

“How fast passes away the glory of this world.”
O quam cito transit gloria mundi.

“And when he is out of sight, quickly also is he out of mind.”

“There is no creature so small and abject, that it representeth not the goodness of God.”

“Whoever would fully and feelingly understand the words of Christ, must endeavor to conform his life wholly to the life of Christ.”

“If thou knewest the whole Bible by heart, and the sayings of all the philosophers, what would it profit thee without the love of God and without grace?”

“What canst thou see elsewhere which thou canst not see here? Behold the heaven and the earth and all the elements; for of these are all things created.”

“He is truly great that is great in charity. He is truly great that is little in himself, and maketh no account of any height of honor. And he is truly learned that doeth the will of God, and forsaketh his own will.”

“Of two evils, the less is always to be chosen.”

“Simplicity and purity are the two wings by which a man is lifted above all earthly things. Simplicity is in the intention — purity in the affection. Simplicity tends to God,— purity apprehends and tastes Him.”