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Bernard of Clairvaux

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Therefore gird yourselves manfully and take up joyful arms for the name of God.
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We find rest in those we love, and we provide a resting place in ourselves for those who love us.
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When God forgives a sinner who humbly confesses his sin, the devil loses his dominion over the heart he had taken.
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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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Inordinate love for the flesh is cruelty, because under the appearance of pleasing the body, we kill the soul.
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With her for guide, you shall never go astray while invoking her, you shall never lose heart so long as she is in your mind, you are safe from deception while she holds your hand, you cannot fall under her protection you have nothing to fear if she walks before you, you shall not grow weary if she shows you favor, you shall reach the goal.
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Learn the lesson that, if you are to do the work of a prophet, what you need is not a sceptre but a hoe.
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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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If anyone makes himself his own master in the spiritual life, he makes himself scholar to a fool.
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Slander is a poison which kills charity, both in the slanderer and the one who listens.
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Prayer is a wine which makes glad the heart of man
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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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To serve Mary is a mark of eternal salvation to come.
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Prayer is a virtue that prevaileth against all temptations.
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Love me, love my dog.
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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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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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We are to love God for Himself, because of a twofold reason nothing is more reasonable, nothing more profitable.
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Who loves me will love my dog also.
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Learn first to love yourself, and then you can love me.
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