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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.
Bernard of Clairvaux
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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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All things are possible to one who believes.
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Let us affectionately love His angels as counselors and defenders appointed by the Father and placed over us. They are faithful they are prudent they are powerful Let us only follow them, let us remain close to them, and in the protection of the God of heaven let us abide.
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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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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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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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Your actions in passing, pass not away, for every good work is a grain of seed for eternal life.
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Prayer is a virtue that prevaileth against all temptations.
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there are four degrees of love: 1) Love of self for self's sake. 2) Love of God for self's sake. 3) Love of God for God's own sake. 4) Love of self for God's sake.
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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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Learn first to love yourself, and then you can love me.
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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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It is a fault, not a virtue, to wish your humility recognized and applauded.
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Therefore gird yourselves manfully and take up joyful arms for the name of God.
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Nothing can work me damage except myself. The harm that I sustain I carry about with me, and never am a real sufferer but by my own fault.
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Humility in furs is better than pride in tunics.
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He rightly reads scripture who turns words into deeds.
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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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