The tears of those repenting are the wine of angels.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUXThere is no greater misery than false joys.
More Bernard of Clairvaux Quotes
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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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Humility is, of all graces, the chiefest when it does not know itself to be a grace at all.
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It was love that motivated His self-emptying, that led Him to become a little lower than angels, to be subject to parents, to bow His head beneath the Baptist’s hands, to endure the weakness of the flesh, and to submit to death even upon the cross
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Who loves me will love my dog also.
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Ingratitude is the soul’s enemy… Ingratitude is a burning wind that dries up the source of love, the dew of mercy, the streams of grace.
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Have death always before your eyes as a salutary means of returning to God.
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Inordinate love for the flesh is cruelty, because under the appearance of pleasing the body, we kill the soul.
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The three most important virtues are humility, humility, and humility.
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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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Humility in furs is better than pride in tunics.
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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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The heart of Christ can be seen through the openings of his wounds. For what can prove to me so clearly as your wounds that you, O Lord Jesus, are sweet & mild & plenteous in mercy.
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Your actions in passing, pass not away, for every good work is a grain of seed for eternal life.
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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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If anyone makes himself his own master in the spiritual life, he makes himself scholar to a fool.
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