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Prayer is a virtue that prevaileth against all temptations.

Bernard of Clairvaux

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Bernard of Clairvaux
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Vines and trees will teach you that which you will never learn from masters.
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And truly, O man, if you concentrate hard on the state you are in it will be surprising if you have time for anything else.
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Among us on the earth there is His memory but in the Kingdom of heaven His very Presence. That Presence is the joy of those who have already attained to beatitude the memory is the comfort of us who are still wayfarers, journeying towards the Fatherland.
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From the best bliss that earth imparts, we turn unfilled to Thee again.
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Slander is a poison which kills charity, both in the slanderer and the one who listens.
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All things are possible to one who believes.
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Our King [Jesus] is accused of treachery it is said of him [by the Muslims] that he is not God, but that he falsely pretended to be something he was not.
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Who loves me will love my dog also.
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Let us affectionately love His angels as counselors and defenders appointed by the Father and placed over us. They are faithful they are prudent they are powerful Let us only follow them, let us remain close to them, and in the protection of the God of heaven let us abide.
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Death is the gate of life. Ingratitude is the soul's enemy... Ingratitude is a burning wind that dries up the source of love, the dew of mercy, the streams of grace. You will find something far greater in the woods than you will find in books. Stones and trees will teach you that which you will never learn from masters.
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You wish to see listen. Hearing is a step toward Vision.
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For I have learnt for a fact that nothing so effectively obtains, retains and regains grace, as that we should always be found not high-minded before God, but filled with holy fear.
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If anyone makes himself his own master in the spiritual life, he makes himself scholar to a fool.
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True penance consists in regretting without ceasing the faults of the past, and in firmly resolving to never again commit that which is so deplorable.
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The measure of love is love without measure.
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Jesus to me is honey in the mouth, music in the ear, a song in the heart.
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Learn first to love yourself, and then you can love me.
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Therefore gird yourselves manfully and take up joyful arms for the name of God.
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It was love that motivated His self-emptying, that led Him to become a little lower than angels, to be subject to parents, to bow His head beneath the Baptist's hands, to endure the weakness of the flesh, and to submit to death even upon the cross
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He won me over entirely by giving Himself entirely to me.
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