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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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Learn first to love yourself, and then you can love me.
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Humility in furs is better than pride in tunics.
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Let us then cast ourselves at the feet of this good Mother, and embracing them let us not depart until she blesses us, and accepts us for her children.
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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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Your actions in passing, pass not away, for every good work is a grain of seed for eternal life.
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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.
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God will either give us what we ask, or what He knows to be better for us.
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Pride causes us to use our gifts as though they came from ourselves, not benefits received from God, and to usurp our benefactor's glory.
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True love does not demand a reward, but it deserves one.
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The three most important virtues are humility, humility, and humility.
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Jesus, what made You so small? LOVE!
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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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All things are possible to one who believes.
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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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If anyone makes himself his own master in the spiritual life, he makes himself scholar to a fool.
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The more I contemplate God, the more God looks on me. The more I pray to him, the more he thinks of me too.
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You wish to see listen. Hearing is a step toward Vision.
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There are some who wish to learn for no other reason than that they may be looked upon as learned, which is ridiculous vanity ... Others desire to learn that they may morally instruct others, that is love. And, lastly, there are some who wish to learn that they may be themselves edified and that is prudence.
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There are three distinct comings of the Lord of which I know: His coming to men, His coming into men, and His coming against men.
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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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