Can I trust a non-saint citation of a saint?

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It doesn’t mean that what they write is not worth reading, and still less “spiritually damaging.”

Now I’m off to read things written by non-saints.
 
Technically speaking we don’t know for sure who’s in heaven even saints
 
You are reading this, I am not a saint. This has not spiritually damaged you, or me, or anyone reading this post.

May God bless you in your reading and other media activities.
 
Francisco_Fernando said:
I can’t identify if servants of God are in Heaven.
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Thomas à Kempis wrote “The Imitation of Christ”, one of the most popular books ever written for Catholicism (and the second most sold book in history behind the Bible) and adored by Saints alike:

“The book was admired by the following individuals: Saint Thomas More, Chancellor of England and renowned humanist who was executed by King Henry VIII of England; Saint Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Society of Jesus; and twentieth century American Catholic author and monk, Thomas Merton. It also has been admired by many others, both Catholic and Protestant.[2] The Jesuits give it an official place among their “exercises”. Kempis’ Imitatio Christi was in close parentage with Ignatius of Loyola of the Devotio moderna movement, and also it was affirmed and practiced by St. Francis de Sales, profoundly influencing his Introduction to the Devout Life.[19]”
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“The Imitation of Christ was an early influence on the spirituality of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, who used it in her prayer life, distilled its message and used it in her own writings which then influenced Catholic spirituality as a whole.[64] Thérèse was so attached to the book and read it so many times that she could quote passages from it from memory in her teens.[65]”
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