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The three most important virtues are humility, humility, and humility.

Bernard of Clairvaux

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Bernard of Clairvaux
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To serve Mary is a mark of eternal salvation to come.
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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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The heart of Christ can be seen through the openings of his wounds. For what can prove to me so clearly as your wounds that you, O Lord Jesus, are sweet & mild & plenteous in mercy.
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From the best bliss that earth imparts, we turn unfilled to Thee again.
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Vines and trees will teach you that which you will never learn from masters.
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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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Prayer is a virtue that prevaileth against all temptations.
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He rightly reads scripture who turns words into deeds.
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I know by myself how incomprehensible God is, seeing I cannot comprehend the parts of my own being.
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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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