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Jesus to me is honey in the mouth, music in the ear, a song in the heart.
Bernard of Clairvaux
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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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From the best bliss that earth imparts, we turn unfilled to Thee again.
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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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Vines and trees will teach you that which you will never learn from masters.
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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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Understanding is the sure and clear knowledge of some invisible thing.
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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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Who loves me will love my dog also.
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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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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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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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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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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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As patience leads to peace, and study to science, so are humiliations the path that leads to humility.
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