Thomas a Kempis Quotes


The reflections on a day well spent furnish us with joys more pleasing than ten thousand triumphs.


Citations

Thomas à Kempis. The Christian's Pattern; or, A Treatise of the Imitation of Jesus Christ. Translated by George Stanhope, J. Roberts, 1726, p. 53.

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Thomas a Kempis
Thomas a Kempis
  • Born: July 25, 1471
  • Died: July 25, 1471
  • Nationality: German
  • Profession: Canon Regular, Author, Scribe

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.