Thomas Kempis's Quote - By two wings a man is lifted up from things earthly: by simplicity

Quote by Thomas Kempis

By two wings a man is lifted up from things earthly: by simplicity

By two wings a man is lifted up from things earthly: by simplicity and purity. – Thomas Kempis

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It is much safer to obey, than to govern. – Thomas Kempis

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Dont flatter the rich, or appear to willing before the great. – Thomas Kempis

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Pass no rash condemnation on other peoples words or actions. – Thomas Kempis

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The purity men love is like the mists which envelope the earth, and not like the azure ether beyond. – Henry David Thoreau

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Purity is the power to contemplate defilement. – Simone Weil

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The sick do not ask if the hand that smoothes their pillow is pure, nor the dying care if the lips that touch their brow have known the kiss of sin. – Oscar Wilde

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No one is more dangerous than he who imagines himself pure in heart: for his purity, by definition, is unassailable. – James Baldwin

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