God often grants in a moment what He has long denied.

— Thomas à Kempis

Go where thou wilt, seek what thou wilt, and thou shalt not find a higher way above, nor a safer way below, than the way of the holy Cross."- Thomas A Kempis (The Following of Christ)

— Thomas à Kempis

Greater is Your care for me than all the care I am able to take from myself.

— Thomas à Kempis

He is not truly patient who will only suffer as far as seems right to him and from whom he pleases. The truly patient man considers not by whom he is tried, one above him, or by an equal, or by an inferior, whether by a good and holy man or by a perverse and unworthy, but from every creature. He gratefully accepts all from the hand of God and counts it gain.

— Thomas à Kempis

If all were perfect, what should we have to suffer from others for God's sake? But God has so ordained, that we may learn to bear with one another's burdens, for there is no man without fault, no man without burden, no man sufficient to himself nor wise enough. Hence, we must support one another, console one another, mutually help, counsel, and advise, for the measure of every man's virtue is best revealed in time of adversity -- adversity that does not weaken a man but rather shows what he is.

— Thomas à Kempis

If God were our one and only desire we would not be so easily upset when our opinions do not find outside acceptance.

— Thomas à Kempis

If thou art willing to suffer no adversity, how wilt thou be the friend of Christ?

— Thomas à Kempis

If you cannot recollect yourself continuously, do so once a day at least, in the morning or in the evening. In the morning make a resolution and in the evening examine yourself on what you have said this day, what you have done and thought, for in these things perhaps you have often offended God and those about you.

— Thomas à Kempis

If you desire to know or learn anything to your advantage, then take delight in being unknown and unregarded. A true understanding and humble estimate of oneself is the highest and most valuable of all lessons. To take no account of oneself, but always to think well and highly of others is the highest wisdom and perfection.

— Thomas à Kempis

If you wish to stand and progress as you ought, hold yourself an exile and a pilgrim on the earth.

— Thomas à Kempis