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If anyone makes himself his own master in the spiritual life, he makes himself scholar to a fool.
Bernard of Clairvaux
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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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As patience leads to peace, and study to science, so are humiliations the path that leads to humility.
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Who loves me will love my dog also.
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There are some who wish to learn for no other reason than that they may be looked upon as learned, which is ridiculous vanity ... Others desire to learn that they may morally instruct others, that is love. And, lastly, there are some who wish to learn that they may be themselves edified and that is prudence.
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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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The true measure of loving God is to love him without measure.
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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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It is a fault, not a virtue, to wish your humility recognized and applauded.
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Jesus, what made You so small? LOVE!
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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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Love me, love my dog.
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Humility in furs is better than pride in tunics.
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He won me over entirely by giving Himself entirely to me.
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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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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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Learn first to love yourself, and then you can love me.
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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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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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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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What of the souls already released from their bodies? We believe that they are overwhelmed in that vast sea of eternal light and of luminous eternity
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