If anyone makes himself his own master in the spiritual life, he makes himself scholar to a fool.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUXThe more I contemplate God, the more God looks on me. The more I pray to him, the more he thinks of me too.
More Bernard of Clairvaux Quotes
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To serve Mary is a mark of eternal salvation to come.
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If 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.
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The true measure of loving God is to love him without measure.
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The three most important virtues are humility, humility, and humility.
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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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What I know of the divine science and holy scripture, I learnt in the woods and fields.
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Pride causes us to use our gifts as though they came from ourselves, not benefits received from God, and to usurp our benefactor’s glory.
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All things are possible to one who believes.
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O Blessed Mary, whoever loves you honors God; whoever serves you pleases God; whoever invokes your holy name with a pure heart will infallibly receive the object of his petition.
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Understanding is the sure and clear knowledge of some invisible thing.
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Prayer is a wine which makes glad the heart of man
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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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Jesus, what made You so small? LOVE!
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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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there are four degrees of love: 1) Love of self for self’s sake. 2) Love of God for self’s sake. 3) Love of God for God’s own sake. 4) Love of self for God’s sake.
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