What I know of the divine sciences and Holy Scriptures, I learned in woods and fields. I have no other masters than the beeches and the oaks.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUXTheirs is an endless road, a hopeless maze, who seek for goods before they seek for God.
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Jesus, what made You so small? LOVE!
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What we love we shall grow to resemble.
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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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The three most important virtues are humility, humility, and humility.
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All things are possible to one who believes.
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Death is the gate of life.
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Let us then cast ourselves at the feet of this good Mother, and embracing them let us not depart until she blesses us, and accepts us for her children.
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For I have learnt for a fact that nothing so effectively obtains, retains and regains grace, as that we should always be found not high-minded before God, but filled with holy fear.
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Do what Jesus says… what he commands through his ministers who are in the Church [see 1 Cor 6:4]. Be subject to his vicars, your leaders, not only those who are gentle and kind, but even those who are overbearing [see 1 Pt 2:18].
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Hell is full of good wishes or desires.
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Understanding is the sure and clear knowledge of some invisible thing.
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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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My child, seek those things which make for peace. Cease to stir up the King against the Church, and urge upon him a better course of action. If you will promise to do this, I in return promise to entreat the merciful Lord to grant you offspring.
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It is no great thing to be humble when you are brought low; but to be humble when you are praised is a great and rare attainment.
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The piercing nail has become a key to unlock the door, that I may see the good will of the Lord. And what can I see as I look through the hole?
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