"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 a Kempis
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"Intelligence must follow faith, never precede it, and never destroy it.“
-Thomas a Kempis
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"The loftier the building, the deeper must the foundation be laid."
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"Without the way, there is no going without the truth, there is no knowing without the life, there is no living."
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"But because many endeavor to get knowledge rather than to live well, they are often deceived and reap little or no benefit from their labor."
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