Thomas a Kempis
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Science Quotes by Thomas a Kempis (4 quotes)
Omnis perfectio in hac vita quandam imperfectionem sibi habet annexam: et omnis speculatio nostra quadam caligine non caret.
Every perfection in this life has some imperfection clinging to it; and no speculation is without a certain obscurity.
Every perfection in this life has some imperfection clinging to it; and no speculation is without a certain obscurity.
— Thomas a Kempis
In De Imitatione Christi (1709), Book 1, Chap. 3, 6. As translated in Of the Imitation of Christ (1903), 8.
Antiqua consuetudo difficulter relinquitur: & ultra proprium videre nemo libenter ducitur.
Old habits are hard to break: and no one is easily led beyond his own point of view.
Old habits are hard to break: and no one is easily led beyond his own point of view.
— Thomas a Kempis
In De Imitatione Christi (1709), Book 1, Chap. 14, 23. As translated by William C. Creasy in The Imitation of Christ by Thomas à Kempis: A New Reading of the 1441 Latin Autograph Manuscript (2007), 15.
God is able to do more than man can understand.
— Thomas a Kempis
Quoted in Kim Lim (ed.), 1,001 Pearls of Spiritual Wisdom: Words to Enrich, Inspire, and Guide Your Life (2014), 156
The humble knowledge of thyself is a surer way to God than the deepest search after science.
— Thomas a Kempis
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