Theirs is an endless road, a hopeless maze, who seek for goods before they seek for God.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUXSo far from being able to answer for my sins, I cannot even answer for my righteousness!
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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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Learn first to love yourself, and then you can love me.
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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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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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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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Love seeks no cause beyond itself and no fruit; it is its own fruit, its own enjoyment. I love because I love; I love in order that I may love.
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The true measure of loving God is to love him without measure.
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The measure of love is love without measure.
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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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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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There is no greater misery than false joys.
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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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Slander is a poison which kills charity, both in the slanderer and the one who listens.
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Let Thy glances fall.Thy cross of agony,My Beloved, look on me;Turn me wholly unto Thee;”Be thou whole,” say openly:”I forgive thee all.
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Prayer is a wine which makes glad the heart of man
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He won me over entirely by giving Himself entirely to me.
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Nay, what is worse, turning over corrupt and evil thoughts in mine heart, I thrust a dreadful offensiveness into His presence.
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Love is alone sufficient by itself, it pleases by itself and for it’s own sake. It is itself a merit, and itself it’s own recompense. It seeks neither cause, nor consequences beyond itself. It is its own fruit, its own object and usefulness. I love because I love you, I love that I may love.
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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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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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The three most important virtues are humility, humility, and humility.
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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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The Eucharist is that love which surpasses all loves in Heaven and on earth
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Grace is necessary to salvation, free will equally so – but grace in order to give salvation, free will in order to receive it.
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I know by myself how incomprehensible God is, seeing I cannot comprehend the parts of my own being.
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