"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."
Thomas à Kempis

January 1, 1970

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Book II, ch. 4

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