Do not read to satisfy curiosity or to pass the time, but study such things as move your heart to devotion.
Thomas a KempisHe has great tranquillity of heart who cares neither for the praises nor the fault-finding of men. He will easily be content and pacified, whose conscience is pure. You are not holier if you are praised, nor the more worthless if you are found fault with. What you are, that you are; neither by word can you be made greater than what you are in the sight of God.
Thomas a KempisTherefore, a man ought to root himself so firmly in God that he will not need the consolations of men.
Thomas a KempisPurity and simplicity are the two wings with which man soars above the earth and all temporary nature.
Thomas a Kempis