#kempi

[n8thegr8-stickanime]

back to art

#mayflower #smudge #kempi #saiyan #mephora #earthling #dragon ball oc #dbd #my art #traditional #stickanime

[reformedfaith]

Realize that you must lead a dying life; the more a man dies to himself, the more he begins to live unto God.

Thomas á Kempis

#Thomas a Kempis #quote

[mr-culper]

still one of the favorite scenes in Black Sails

Some circumstances of my life made me think about what pronoun must be refer to the word “soul” in English — in the language in which there is no grammatical gender for nouns, but whose native speakers say about the soul either like “it”, then like “she/her” for some reasons. This was followed by a sequence of discoveries, providential coincidences and unexpected connections, thanks to which Thomas à Kempis, Thomas Aquinas and Thomas Hamilton were in the same boat.

— tea & rum, ep. 2.

#black sails #tea & rum #flinthamilton #captain flint #james flint #thomas hamilton #thomas à kempis #thomas aquinas #english #philology #christianity #soul

[ragazzoarcano]

“Per prima cosa sii in pace con te stesso, poi potrai portare la pace agli altri.”

— Tommaso da Kempis

#pace #pace interiore #te stesso #portare #agli altri #frasi brevi #frasi tumblr #frasi #frasi e citazioni #tommaso da kempis

[thatwhichdoesnotsuffer]

“It is good for us to have trials and troubles at times, for they often remind us that we are on probation and ought not to hope in any worldly thing. It is good for us sometimes to suffer contradiction, to be misjudged by men even though we do well and mean well. These things help us to be humble and shield us from vainglory. When to all outward appearances men give us no credit, when they do not think well of us, then we are more inclined to seek God Who sees our hearts. Therefore, a man ought to root himself so firmly in God that he will not need the consolations of men.”

― Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ

#spirituality #thomas a kempis #the imitation of christ #Christianity #vainglory #suffering #humility #mysticism #initiation

[theinwardlight]

I am God, who enables the humble-minded to understand more of the ways of everlasting truth in a single moment than in ten years' study at university. I teach in silence, without the uproar of controversy, without ambition for honours, without clash of opinions. I teach people to despise earthly things, to find this present life irksome, to seek eternal things, to resist honours, to endure injuries, to place all trust in Me, to desire nothing but Myself and fervently to love Me above all things.

From The Imitation of Christ, by Thomas a Kempis

Sculpture: Christ as the Man of Sorrows, attributed to Heinrich Iselin (c. 1480).

#thomas a kempis #the imitation of christ #jesus #faith #christianity #humility #wisdom #against ambition #teach in silence #love of God #sculpture #man of sorrows

[raisongardee]

"Plus un homme veut avancer dans les voies spirituelles, plus la vie présente lui devient amère, parce qu’il sent mieux et voit plus clairement l’infirmité de la nature humaine et sa corruption. Manger, boire, veiller, dormir, se reposer, travailler, être assujetti à toutes les nécessités de la nature, c’est vraiment une grande misère et une grande affliction pour l’homme pieux qui voudrait être dégagé de ses liens terrestres, et délivré de tout péché."

Thomas a Kempis, L’imitation de Jésus-Christ, trad. Félicité Lamennais, 1424.

#thomas kempis #mystique #ascese

[apenitentialprayer]

[W]hen one yields to the habit of grumbling, it is easy to magnify grievances to one's own mind. As À Kempis says, to bear annoyances in silence is a grand matter.

George Porter, S.J., the future Archbishop of Bombay, in a letter written on July 18th, 1879.

#Catholicism #Christianity #complaining #perspective #optimism #George Porter #Thomas a Kempis

[heraclito71]

Nadie puede vivir sin sufrir, ni escapar de su sufrimiento, pero el que aprende a aceptar su sufrimiento lo transforma en bendición.

Tomas de Kempis.

#citas #citas en tumblr #citas en español #tomas de kempis

[n8thegr8-stickanime]

My progress with drawing muscles

I had a pic of Taco but I screwed up his face so badly mannn

Anyway I gotta start drawing from different angles

#mayflower #akuji #smudge #kempi #saiyan #dragon ball oc #dbd #reblotron #deabro #demon #gloomy #majin #shemua #earthling #my art #traditional

[officialyourdailyinspiration]

Every man naturally desires knowledge; but what good is knowledge without fear of God? Indeed a humble rustic who serves God is better than a proud intellectual who neglects his soul to study the course of the stars.

Thomas à Kempis

#knowledge #fear #God #humility #Thomas à Kempis #Christian Quotes

[dramoor]

"Teach me, Lord to do your will. Teach me to live worthily and humbly in your sight, for you are wisdom and know me truly. Give me the courage to resist, the patience to endure, and the faithfulness to persevere."

~Thomas À Kempis

(Image from a cover of The Imitation of Christ)

#Thomas A Kempis #The Imitation of Christ #Christian art #Lord Jesus Christ #carrying the cross #to do God's will #to have the fruits of the spirit #humility #patience #endurance #faithfulness #perseverance

[tinyshe]

'The noble love of Jesus impels a man to do great things, and stirs him up to be always longing for what is more perfect. Love desires to be high, and will not be kept back by anything low and mean. Love desires to be free, and estranged from all worldly affections, that so its inward sight may not be hindered; that it may not be entangled by any temporal prosperity, that it may not be subdued by any adversity.' - Thomas a Kempis

#catholic #quote #thomas a kempis #jesus #love

[eternal-echoes]

“Nothing, how little so ever it be, if it is suffered for God’s sake, can pass without merit in the sight of God.”

- Thomas a Kempis

#Christianity #quotes #Thomas A Kempis

[soldier-poet-king]

I started the imitation of christ as a lead up to Christmas, reading a bit each day and like I Get that he was a monk and I even get why he says what he does but like....90% of this advice is a recipe for "how to make Fran kill herself" and I'm just. Ik that perhaps..... This is not advice intended for an extremely sensitive scrupulous depressed person but also. Geez Louise. He's basically a gnostic with his whole "the world sucks. You should hate and turn away from all pleasure and joy" like ok???? Yes ofc duty should come before personal pleasure, but if joy comes by you honestly you don't have to turn it away?? Imma side with Chesterton on this one tbh. Joy is good. Material creation is good. Being an human person in an embodied soul is good.

Several hundreds of years before my birth this man's out here writing a book of 'holy advice' that is basically just verbatim what my evil demon mental illness brain tells me under a veneer of piety

I KNOW this is helpful to some dispositions and also the bit about pride and knowledge was good! I'm like hell yeah apophatic theology let's focus on good praxis bc we'll never understand the truth of the universe as things stand etc etc

But also. Tldr this is highkey recipe for Mental Illness and is 100% why I have to go exclusively back to gkc and my weird ass mystics (affectionate)

#suicide mention #im ok!!!! just like. oh man idk if kempis was #sorry rae ik u love him but im just like. alrighty then #faith tag #sort of #yeah ill finish it but also i maybr wanna fight him #hes got the same issues here that augustine has in the confessions #the whole gnostic repudiation of the world #THAT I DEVOTED MY ENTIRE THESIS TO FIGHTING #these men be scruplin. smh. #everone with a delicate conscience either ends up a pseudo gnostic material fearer #or learns through great struggle to have joy. aka gkc #i love gkc sm i just. loathe 99% of his fanboys #EVERYONE IS WRONG ABT HIM EXCEPT ME

[ainsi-soit-il]

The teaching of Christ is more excellent than all the advice of the saints, and he who has His spirit will find in it a hidden manna.

Thomas á Kempis, The Imitation of Christ.

#quotes tag #thomas á kempis #christianity tag