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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.

Bernard of Clairvaux

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To serve Mary is a mark of eternal salvation to come.
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Jesus to me is honey in the mouth, music in the ear, a song in the heart.
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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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Jesus, what made You so small? LOVE!
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Humility in furs is better than pride in tunics.
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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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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.
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The tears of those repenting are the wine of angels.
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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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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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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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It's not as if grace did one half of the work and free choice the other each does the whole work, in its own peculiar contribution. Grace does the whole work, and so does free choice - with this one qualification: That whereas the whole is done in free choice, so is the whole done of grace.
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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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He won me over entirely by giving Himself entirely to me.
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Vines and trees will teach you that which you will never learn from masters.
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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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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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As patience leads to peace, and study to science, so are humiliations the path that leads to humility.
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Theirs is an endless road, a hopeless maze, who seek for goods before they seek for God.
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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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