Love is watchful. Sleeping, it does not slumber. Wearied, it is not tired. Pressed, it is not straitened. Alarmed, it is not confused, but like a living flame, a burning torch, it forces its way upward and passes unharmed through every obstacle.
Thomas a KempisTwo wings lift a person up from earthly concerns: Simplicity in intention, and Purity in feeling.
Thomas a KempisIf thou wilt receive profit, read with humility, simplicity and faith, and seek not at any time the fame of being learned.
Thomas a KempisLove wakes much and sleeps little and, in sleeping, does not sleep. It faints is not weary; it is restricted in its liberty and is great freedom. It sees reasons to fear and does not fear, but, like an ember or a spark of fire, flames always upward, by the fervor of its love, toward God, and through the special help of grace is delivered from all perils and dangers
Thomas a Kempis