Thomas a Kempis Quotes
The intention which is fixed on God as its only end will keep people steady in their purposes, and deliver them from being the joke and scorn of fortune.
Citations
Thomas à Kempis. The Imitation of Christ. Translated by William Benham, John C. Nimmo, 1886, p. 186.
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Thomas à Kempis was a German-Dutch canon regular of the late medieval period and the author of The Imitation of Christ, one of the most popular and best known Christian devotional books. His name means "Thomas of Kempen", Kempen being his home town.