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The Imitation of Christ, by Thomas a Kempis, tr. by William Benham, 1886

the imitation of Christ, the 3rd book: chapter xxxii (self-denial and the casting away all selfishness)

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OF SELF-DENIAL AND THE CASTING AWAY ALL SELFISHNESS “” My Son, you cannot possess perfect liberty unless you altogether deny yourself. All they are enslaved who are possessors of riches, they who love themselves, the selfish, the curious, the restless; those who ever seek after soft things and not after the things of Jesus Christ; [...]