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Bernard of Clairvaux

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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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Love me, love my dog.
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Thus understanding and love, that is, the knowledge of and delight in the truth, are, as it were, the two arms of the soul, with which it embraces and comprehends with all the saints the length and breath, the height and depth, that is the eternity, the love, the goodness, and the wisdom of 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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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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He won me over entirely by giving Himself entirely to me.
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Understanding is the sure and clear knowledge of some invisible thing.
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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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Jesus, what made You so small? LOVE!
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The true measure of loving God is to love him without measure.
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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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God will either give us what we ask, or what He knows to be better for us.
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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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Learn first to love yourself, and then you can love me.
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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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What I know of the divine science and holy scripture, I learnt in the woods and fields.
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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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Let no one believe that he has received the divine kiss, if he knows the truth without loving it or loves it without understanding it. But blessed is that kiss whereby not only is God recognized but also the Father is loved for there is never full knowledge without perfect love.
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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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