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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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It is a fault, not a virtue, to wish your humility recognized and applauded.
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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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Theirs is an endless road, a hopeless maze, who seek for goods before they seek for God.
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My burden is light, said the blessed Redeemer, a light burden indeed, which carries him that bears it. I have looked through all nature for a resemblance of this, and seem to find a shadow of it in the wings of a bird, which are indeed borne by the creature, and yet support her flight towards heaven.
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A truly obedient man does not discriminate between one thing and another, since his only aim is to execute faithfully whatever may be assigned to him.
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As patience leads to peace, and study to science, so are humiliations the path that leads to humility.
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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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What I know of the divine science and holy scripture, I learnt in the woods and fields.
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Inordinate love for the flesh is cruelty, because under the appearance of pleasing the body, we kill the soul.
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Vines and trees will teach you that which you will never learn from masters.
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The measure of love is love without measure.
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The heart of Christ can be seen through the openings of his wounds. For what can prove to me so clearly as your wounds that you, O Lord Jesus, are sweet & mild & plenteous in mercy.
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God will become visible as God's image is reborn in you.
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My child, seek those things which make for peace. Cease to stir up the King against the Church, and urge upon him a better course of action. If you will promise to do this, I in return promise to entreat the merciful Lord to grant you offspring.
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The three most important virtues are humility, humility, and humility.
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I know by myself how incomprehensible God is, seeing I cannot comprehend the parts of my own being.
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Your actions in passing, pass not away, for every good work is a grain of seed for eternal life.
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If you would know whether you have made a good confession, ask yourself I you have resolved to abandon your sins.
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He rightly reads scripture who turns words into deeds.
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