On the day of judgment, it will be demanded of us not what we have read, but what we have done. Author: Thomas à Kempis Copy Quote More from Thomas à Kempis “All men desire peace, but very few desire those things that make for peace.” “God hath thus ordered it, that we may learn to bear one another’s burdens; for …” “Many things there are to know which profiteth little or nothing to the soul.” “Never be entirely idle; but either be reading, or writing, or praying, or medit…”