Attribuita a Thomas à Kempis
«In all things I have sought rest and found it nowhere save in a corner with a book.»
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Non si trova nell'opera di Thomas à Kempis
A Latin saying ('In omnibus requiem quaesivi et nusquam inveni nisi in angulo cum libro') which has long accompanied some portraits of Thomas and which tradition attributes to him; it does not appear in his known works and its first attestation has not been established. It expresses his ideal well, but it is a traditional attribution.
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Parole verificate di Thomas à Kempis
«'He who follows me does not walk in darkness,' says the Lord. These are the words of Christ, by which we are exhorted to imitate his life and ways if we wish to be truly enlightened and freed from all blindness of heart.»
De imitatione Christi, I, 1, 1 (texto latino de Wikisource; traducción propia).
«I would rather feel compunction than know how to define it.»
De imitatione Christi, I, 1, 3.
«If you wish to know and learn something to your profit, love to be unknown and to be accounted as nothing.»
De imitatione Christi, I, 2, 3.