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Bernard of Clairvaux

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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Christian Fall Heart
Wherever…thou shalt be, pray secretly within thyself. If thou shalt be far from a house of prayer, give not thyself trouble to seek for one, for thou thyself art a sanctuary designed for prayer. If thou shalt be in bed, or in any other place, pray there; thy temple is there.
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Art Christian Prayer
Your actions in passing, pass not away, for every good work is a grain of seed for eternal life.
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Action Good Life Work
He rightly reads scripture who turns words into deeds.
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Deeds Hypocrisy Scripture
Both the nail and the wound cry out that God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself… Through these sacred wounds we can see the secret of his heart, the great mystery of love.
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Christ Cry Heart Love Mystery Nail Sacred
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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Facts Found Grace High Holy
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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Forgiving Heart Taken
I know by myself how incomprehensible God is, seeing I cannot comprehend the parts of my own being.
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Comprehend God Knows Own
Humility is, of all graces, the chiefest when it does not know itself to be a grace at all.
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Grace Humility Know
Love me, love my dog.
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Dog Love Wisdom
The tears of those repenting are the wine of angels.
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Angel Tears Wine
A pretext is never lacking to him who would break with a friend.
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Break Friendship Lacking
Have death always before your eyes as a salutary means of returning to God.
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Eye Mean Returning Salutary
Humility in furs is better than pride in tunics.
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Better Fur Humility Pride
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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Dreadful Offensiveness Presence
Persecution shows who is a hireling, and who a true pastor.
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Catholic Pastor Persecution

What we love we shall grow to resemble.

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