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Action and contemplation are very close companions they live together in one house on equal terms. Martha and Mary are sisters.

Bernard of Clairvaux

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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 three most important virtues are humility, humility, and humility.
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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.
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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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Slander is a poison which kills charity, both in the slanderer and the one who listens.
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My child, seek those things which make for peace. Cease to stir up the King against the Church, and urge upon him a better course of action. If you will promise to do this, I in return promise to entreat the merciful Lord to grant you offspring.
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Learn first to love yourself, and then you can love me.
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All things are possible to one who believes.
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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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Theirs is an endless road, a hopeless maze, who seek for goods before they seek for God.
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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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