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If thou hadst simplicity and purity, thou wouldst be able to comprehend all things without error, and behold them without danger. The pure heart safely pervades not only heaven, but hell.

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Those who love with purity consider not the gift of the lover, but the love of the giver.

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Two wings lift a person up from earthly concerns: Simplicity in intention, and Purity in feeling.

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He who loves with purity considers not the gift of the lover, but the love of the giver.

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Simplicity and purity are the two wings by which a man is lifted above all earthly things. Simplicity is in the intention — purity in the affection. Simplicity tends to God,— purity apprehends and tastes Him.

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Purity and simplicity are the two wings with which man soars above the earth and all temporary nature. Simplicity is in the intention, purity in the affection; simplicity turns to God; purity unites with and enjoys him.

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Simplicity reaches out after God; purity discovers and enjoys Him.

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Thomas à Kempis

Thomas à Kempis
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Born: 1380
Died: July 25, 1471 (aged 91)
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