Thomas A. Kempis speaks to us across the centuries with the timeless, hard truths about the Christian's quest to become as like our Lord and Savior as is possible in this life here below. The writing and ideals of this book savor strongly of the ascetic life of the monastery but do not succumb to a fully monastic frame of thought, and even though the author may speak too strongly at times in favor of abandoning the company of men to be alone with Christ, I fear many of us are so far the apposite direction that if we accept a tempered version we will be far closer to true communion with Christ than currently.

I highly recommend it to your thoughtful perusal.