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He rightly reads scripture who turns words into deeds.
Bernard of Clairvaux
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Many of those who are humiliated are not humble. Some react to humiliation with anger, others with patience, and others with freedom. The first are culpable, the next harmless, the last just.
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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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Prayer is a virtue that prevaileth against all temptations.
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Wherever...thou shalt be, pray secretly within thyself. If thou shalt be far from a house of prayer, give not thyself trouble to seek for one, for thou thyself art a sanctuary designed for prayer. If thou shalt be in bed, or in any other place, pray there thy temple is there.
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From the best bliss that earth imparts, we turn unfilled to Thee again.
Bernard of Clairvaux
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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The three most important virtues are humility, humility, and humility.
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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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The true measure of loving God is to love him without measure.
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It is a fault, not a virtue, to wish your humility recognized and applauded.
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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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He won me over entirely by giving Himself entirely to me.
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Learn first to love yourself, and then you can love me.
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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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Action and contemplation are very close companions they live together in one house on equal terms. Martha and Mary are sisters.
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We find rest in those we love, and we provide a resting place in ourselves for those who love us.
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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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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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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.
Bernard of Clairvaux
