Thomas Kempis

Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be. 

Thomas Kempis 

Activate yourself to duty by remembering your position, who you are, and what you have obliged yourself to be. 

Thomas Kempis 

All men commend patience, although few are willing to practice it. 

Thomas Kempis 

A man is hindered and distracted in proportion as he draws outward things to himself. 

Thomas Kempis 

Be assured that if you knew all, you would pardon all. 

Thomas Kempis 

Bear the Cross cheerfully and it will bear you. 

Thomas Kempis 

An humble knowledge of thyself is a surer way to God than a deep search after learning. 

Thomas Kempis 

At the Day of Judgment, we shall not be asked what we have read, but what we have done. 

Thomas Kempis 

But because many endeavor to get knowledge rather than to live well, they are often deceived and reap little or no benefit from their labor. 

Thomas Kempis 

First keep peace with yourself, then you can also bring peace to others. 

Thomas Kempis