We find rest in those we love, and we provide a resting place in ourselves for those who love us.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUXIf then you are wise, you will show yourself rather as a reservoir than as a canal. For a canal spreads abroad water as it receives it, but a reservoir waits until it is filled before overflowing.
More Bernard of Clairvaux Quotes
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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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So far from being able to answer for my sins, I cannot even answer for my righteousness!
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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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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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Let us affectionately love His angels as counselors and defenders appointed by the Father and placed over us. They are faithful; they are prudent; they are powerful; Let us only follow them, let us remain close to them, and in the protection of the God of heaven let us abide.
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Prayer is a virtue that prevaileth against all temptations.
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What we love we shall grow to resemble.
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Humility in furs is better than pride in tunics.
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Understanding is the sure and clear knowledge of some invisible thing.
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Have death always before your eyes as a salutary means of returning to God.
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Believe one who has tried, you shall find a fuller satisfaction in the woods than in the books. The trees and the rocks will teach you that which you cannot hear from the masters.
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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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Persecution shows who is a hireling, and who a true pastor.
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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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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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