The Imitation of Christ by Thomas a Kempis - Book 1

THE FIRST BOOK ADMONITIONS PROFITABLE FOR THE SPIRITUAL LIFE

CHAPTER I Of the imitation of Christ, and of contempt of the world and all its vanities CHAPTER II Of thinking humbly of oneself CHAPTER III Of the knowledge of truth CHAPTER IV Of prudence in action CHAPTER V Of the reading of Holy Scriptures CHAPTER VI Of inordinate affections CHAPTER VII Of fleeing from vain hope and pride CHAPTER VIII Of the danger of too much familiarity CHAPTER IX Of Obedience and Subjection CHAPTER X Of the danger of superfluity of words CHAPTER XI Of seeking peace of mind and of spiritual progress CHAPTER XII Of the uses of adversity CHAPTER XIII Of resisting temptation CHAPTER XIV On avoiding rash judgment CHAPTER XV Of works of charity CHAPTER XVI Of bearing with the faults of others CHAPTER XVII Of a Religious life CHAPTER XVIII Of the example of the holy fathers CHAPTER XIX Of the exercises of a religious man CHAPTER XX Of the love of solitude and silence CHAPTER XXI Of compunction of heart CHAPTER XXII On the contemplation of human misery CHAPTER XXIII Of meditation upon death CHAPTER XXIV Of the judgment and punishment of the wicked CHAPTER XXV Of the zealous amendment of our whole life