Wednesday, March 27, 2019

More Wisdom from Thomas à Kempis

Nowhere will you find a monastery so enclosed, or a hermitage so remote, that temptation and difficulty cannot follow you there… People often try to run away from temptation, only to find that they are plunged in it deeper than ever; you can’t win a battle by simply running away. You need patience and humility if you want to rise superior to all your enemies.

—Thomas á Kempis

from The Imitation of Christ

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