So far from being able to answer for my sins, I cannot even answer for my righteousness!
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUXSlander is a poison which kills charity, both in the slanderer and the one who listens.
More Bernard of Clairvaux Quotes
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Learn the lesson that, if you are to do the work of a prophet, what you need is not a sceptre but a hoe.
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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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I do a great wrong in His sight, when I beseech Him that He will hear my prayer, which as I give utterance to it, I do not hear myself. I entreat Him that He will think of me; but I regard neither myself nor Him.
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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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Vines and trees will teach you that which you will never learn from masters.
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God will become visible as God’s image is reborn in you.
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Prostrate, see Thy cross I grasp,And Thy pierced feet I clasp;Gracious Jesus, spurn me not;On me, with compassion fraught.
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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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The peacemakers shall be called the sons of God, who came to make peace between God and man. What then shall the sowers of discord be called, but the children of the devil? And what must they look for but their father’s portion?
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The true measure of loving God is to love him without measure.
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Jesus, what made You so small? LOVE!
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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.
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Let us not imagine that we obscure the glory of the Son by the great praise we lavish on the Mother; for the more she is honored, the greater is the glory of her Son. There can be no doubt that whatever we say in praise of the Mother gives equal praise to the Son.
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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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Prayer is a wine which makes glad the heart of man
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