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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.

Bernard of Clairvaux

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Prayer is a virtue that prevaileth against all temptations.
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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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He rightly reads scripture who turns words into deeds.
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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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Among us on the earth there is His memory but in the Kingdom of heaven His very Presence. That Presence is the joy of those who have already attained to beatitude the memory is the comfort of us who are still wayfarers, journeying towards the Fatherland.
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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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The true measure of loving God is to love him without measure.
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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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God will either give us what we ask, or what He knows to be better for us.
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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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