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Vines and trees will teach you that which you will never learn from masters.

Bernard of Clairvaux

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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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What I know of the divine science and holy scripture, I learnt in the woods and fields.
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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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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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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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The measure of love is love without measure.
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Therefore gird yourselves manfully and take up joyful arms for the name of God.
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Who loves me will love my dog also.
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It is no great thing to be humble when you are brought low but to be humble when you are praised is a great and rare attainment.
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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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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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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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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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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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True love does not demand a reward, but it deserves one.
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Understanding is the sure and clear knowledge of some invisible thing.
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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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He won me over entirely by giving Himself entirely to me.
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The three most important virtues are humility, humility, and humility.
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Humility in furs is better than pride in tunics.
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