the imitation of Christ, the 2nd book: chapter i (admonitions concerning the inner life)

OF THE INWARD LIFE “The kingdom of God is within you, says the Lord. Turn you with all your heart to the Lord and forsake this miserable world, and you shall find rest unto your soul. Learn to despise outward things and to give yourself to things inward, and you shall see the Kingdom of [...]

the imitation of Christ, the 1st book: chapter xxiii (meditation upon death)

OF MEDITATION UPON DEATH “O dearly beloved, from what danger you might free yourself, from what great fear, if only you would always live in fear, and in expectation of death. Strive now to live in such wise, that in the hour of death you may rather rejoice than fear. Learn now to die to [...]