Thomas à Kempis

Altho commonly ascribed to Thomas à Kempis, there has been much controversy as to the real authorship of this famous work.

Even popular preachers cannot p. 108work miracles, like Thomas à Kempis, and pray back their borrowed volumes.

Everywhere have I sought peace and found it nowhere,” says the blessed Thomas à Kempis, “save in a corner with a book.

This much is clear, and, to paraphrase Thomas à Kempis, "I had rather exercise faith than know the definition thereof."

Talk went on among us all until a bearded monk in white came in and began to read passages from Thomas à Kempis.