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“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 · Anger

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Thomas a Kempis

Intelligence must follow faith, never precede it, and never destroy it.

Faith

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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.

Knowledge

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What else does anxiety about the future bring you but sorrow upon sorrow?

Future

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Oh, how great peace and quietness would he possess who should cut off all vain anxiety and place all his confidence in God.

Peace