Jesus has now many lovers but few bearers of His cross

The Imitation of Christ Quotes (showing 1-30 of 127)
“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 à KempisThe Imitation of Christ
“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 KempisThe Imitation of Christ
“A wise lover values not so much the gift of the lover as the love of the giver.”
― Thomas à KempisThe Imitation of Christ
tags: giftslove
“Wherever you go, there you are.”
― Thomas à KempisThe Imitation of Christ
tags: self
“At the Day of Judgement we shall not be asked what we have read but what we have done.”
― Thomas à KempisThe Imitation of Christ
tags: actions
“All men desire peace, but very few desire those things that make for peace.”
― Thomas à KempisThe Imitation of Christ
tags: peace
“As long as you live, you will be subject to change, whether you will it or not - now glad, now sorrowful; now pleased, now displeased; now devout, now undevout; now vigorous, now slothful; now gloomy, now merry. But a wise man who is well taught in spiritual labor stands unshaken in all such things, and heeds little what he feels, or from what side the wind of instability blows.”
― Thomas à KempisThe Imitation of Christ
“Jesus has now many lovers of the heavenly kingdom but few bearers of His cross.”
― Thomas à KempisImitation Of Christ