Quote by: Thomas a Kempis

If you desire to know or learn anything to your advantage, then take delight in being unknown and unregarded. A true understanding and humble estimate of oneself is the highest and most valuable of all lessons. To take no account of oneself, but always to think well and highly of others is the highest wisdom and perfection.


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  • NameThomas a Kempis
  • DescriptionGerman canon regular
  • AliasesThomas von Kempen; Thomas Haemerkken; Thomas Hammerlein; Thomas Hemerken; Thomas Hämerken
  • Born1380
  • DiedJuly 25, 1471
  • CountryNetherlands
  • ProfessionTheologian; Writer