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How beautiful then is modesty and what a gem among virtues it is.
Bernard of ClairvauxBernard of Clairvaux He rightly reads scripture who turns words into deeds.
Bernard of ClairvauxBernard of Clairvaux The measure of love is love without measure.
Bernard of ClairvauxBernard of Clairvaux So far from being able to answer for my sins, I cannot even answer for my righteousness!
Bernard of ClairvauxBernard of Clairvaux Hell is full of good wishes or desires.
Bernard of ClairvauxBernard of Clairvaux True love does not demand a reward, but it deserves one.
Bernard of ClairvauxBernard of Clairvaux Slander is a poison which kills charity, both in the slanderer and the one who listens.
Bernard of ClairvauxBernard of Clairvaux When God forgives a sinner who humbly confesses his sin, the devil loses his dominion over the heart he had taken.
Bernard of ClairvauxBernard of Clairvaux Jesus to me is honey in the mouth, music in the ear, a song in the heart.
Bernard of ClairvauxBernard of Clairvaux God will either give us what we ask, or what He knows to be better for us.
Bernard of ClairvauxBernard of Clairvaux Pride only, the chief of all iniquities, can make us treat gifts as if they were rightful attributes of our nature, and, while receiving benefits, rob our Benefactor of His due glory.
Bernard of ClairvauxBernard of Clairvaux The Eucharist is that love which surpasses all loves in Heaven and on earth
Bernard of ClairvauxBernard of Clairvaux 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.
Bernard of ClairvauxBernard of Clairvaux The true measure of loving God is to love him without measure.
Bernard of ClairvauxBernard of Clairvaux 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.
Bernard of ClairvauxBernard of Clairvaux Theirs is an endless road, a hopeless maze, who seek for goods before they seek for God.
Bernard of ClairvauxBernard of Clairvaux
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Al JarreauAl Jarreau We are all making a crown for Jesus out of these daily lives of ours, either a crown of golden, divine love, studded with gems of sacrifice and adoration, or a thorny crown, filled with the cruel briars of unbelief, or selfishness, and sin.
Aimee Semple McPhersonAimee Semple McPherson One can’t measure the life with its bitterness but with it’s sweetness and sweetness is what one must find in Jesus Words.
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Agatha of SicilyAgatha of Sicily There was a time when you were not. There never will be a time when you will not be.
Adrian RogersAdrian Rogers Indeed, your scars may be your greatest ministry. Just as the scars of Jesus convinced Thomas, perhaps your scars will convince someone today.
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