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He rightly reads scripture who turns words into deeds.
Bernard of Clairvaux
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True love does not demand a reward, but it deserves one.
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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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Who loves me will love my dog also.
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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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Prayer is a virtue that prevaileth against all temptations.
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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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Thus understanding and love, that is, the knowledge of and delight in the truth, are, as it were, the two arms of the soul, with which it embraces and comprehends with all the saints the length and breath, the height and depth, that is the eternity, the love, the goodness, and the wisdom of God.
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It is a fault, not a virtue, to wish your humility recognized and applauded.
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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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The tears of those repenting are the wine of angels.
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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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Your actions in passing, pass not away, for every good work is a grain of seed for eternal life.
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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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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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Slander is a poison which kills charity, both in the slanderer and the one who listens.
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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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And truly, O man, if you concentrate hard on the state you are in it will be surprising if you have time for anything else.
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