Editing Thomas à Kempis (section)

==Quotations==
The following quotes are attributed to him:

{{poemquote|And when he is out of sight, quickly also is he out of mind.
|source=''The Imitation of Christ'', Book I, ch. 23}}

{{poemquote|Without the Way, there is no going,
Without the Truth, there is no knowing,
Without the Life, there is no living.}}

{{quote|If thou wilt receive profit, read with humility, simplicity, and faith, and seek not at any time the fame of being learned.

At the Day of Judgement we shall not be asked what we have read, but what we have done.
|source=''The Imitation of Christ'', Book I, ch. 3}}

{{quote|For man proposes, but God disposes |source=''The Imitation of Christ'', Book I, ch. 19}}

{{quote|If, however, you seek Jesus in all things, you will surely find Him. |source=''The Imitation of Christ'', Book II, ch. 7}}

{{quote|{{lang|la|O quam cito transit gloria mundi}}, <br>

Oh how quickly the glory of the world passes away!
|source=The Imitation of Christ, Book I, ch. 3, line 6. <br>

Suggested as the origin of the phrase "''[[Sic transit gloria mundi]]''," <br> "Thus passes the glory of the world."<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100504553 |title=Oxford Reference|access-date=2022-03-12|language=en-US}}</ref>}}

{{quote|{{lang|la|In angello cum libello}} [with slight variations]

In a little corner with a little book
|source= Shortened form of a motto often ascribed to, or associated with, Thomas a Kempis. The complete saying as reported by an early biographer is a mixture of Latin and Dutch and runs as follows: "{{lang|la|In omnibus requiem quaesivi, sed non inveni, nisi in hoexkens ende boexkens,}}" "I have sought everywhere for peace, but I have found it not, save in nooks and in books."{{sfn|Wright|Sinclair|1931|pp=361-}}{{efn|[[Franciscus Tolensis]], ''Vita Thomae a Kempis'', 12: "{{lang|la|Ostenditur adhuc ejus effigies, sed admodum deformata poenèque obliterata, cum hoc insigni symbolo, In omnibus requiem quaesivi, sed non inveni, nisi in hoexkens ende boexkens: Hoc est, in abditis recessibus & libellulis.}}" {{harv|Eusebius Amort|1759|p=29}} }}
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