Jeanette Mayhew

“Never be entirely idle; but either be reading, or writing, or praying, or meditating, or endeavoring something for the public good.”
― Thomas à Kempis

“Grant me prudently to avoid him that flatters me, and to endure patiently him that contradicts me.”
― Thomas à Kempis

“Let all your thoughts be with the Most High, and direct your humble prayers unceasingly to Christ. If you cannot contemplate high and heavenly things, take refuge in the Passion of Christ, and love to dwell within His Sacred Wounds. For if you devoutly seek the Wounds of Jesus and the precious marks of His Passion, you will find great strength in all troubles.”
― Thomas à Kempis, The Inner Life

“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.”
― Thomas à Kempis, The Inner Life