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

Bernard of Clairvaux

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What I know of the divine science and holy scripture, I learnt in the woods and fields.
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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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Our King [Jesus] is accused of treachery it is said of him [by the Muslims] that he is not God, but that he falsely pretended to be something he was not.
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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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He rightly reads scripture who turns words into deeds.
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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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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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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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Learn first to love yourself, and then you can love me.
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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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The measure of love is love without measure.
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The true measure of loving God is to love him without measure.
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True penance consists in regretting without ceasing the faults of the past, and in firmly resolving to never again commit that which is so deplorable.
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If anyone makes himself his own master in the spiritual life, he makes himself scholar to a fool.
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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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Death is the gate of life. Ingratitude is the soul's enemy... Ingratitude is a burning wind that dries up the source of love, the dew of mercy, the streams of grace. You will find something far greater in the woods than you will find in books. Stones and trees will teach you that which you will never learn from masters.
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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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We are to love God for Himself, because of a twofold reason nothing is more reasonable, nothing more profitable.
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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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