A stranger and pilgrim…
You have here no lasting home. You are a stranger and a pilgrim wherever you may be, and you shall have no rest until you are wholly united with Christ.
–Thomas à Kempis (1380-1471)
At the Day of Judgment…
At the Day of Judgement we shall not be asked what we have read, but what we have done; not how well have we spoken, but how well we have lived.
–Thomas à Kempis (1380-1471)
Resign entirely to God..
You have yet many things which you must give up, and unless you resign them entirely to God you will not obtain that which you ask.
–Thomas à Kempis (1380-1471)
How could life be happy…
Why persist in walking difficult and toilsome paths? There is no repose where you are seeking it. Search as you like, it is not where you are looking. You are seeking a happy life in the realm of death, and it will not be found there. How could life be happy where there is no life at all?
–Saint Augustine (354-430)
Continuous desire is continuous prayer…
There is another inward kind of prayer without ceasing, which is the desire of the heart… If you do not want to pause in prayer then never pause in your longing. Your continuous desire is your continuous prayer. If you cease to desire than you will have fallen silent in your prayer.
–Saint Augustine (354-430)
Help the hearts of all…
It is not enough that I should serve God by myself: I must help the hearts of all to love him and the tongues of all to praise him.
–Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556)
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