What I know of the divine science and holy scripture, I learnt in the woods and fields.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUXThere is no greater misery than false joys.
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God will either give us what we ask, or what He knows to be better for us.
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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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Prostrate, see Thy cross I grasp,And Thy pierced feet I clasp;Gracious Jesus, spurn me not;On me, with compassion fraught.
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The Eucharist is that love which surpasses all loves in Heaven and on earth
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Love me, love my dog.
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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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Jesus, what made You so small? LOVE!
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The more I contemplate God, the more God looks on me. The more I pray to him, the more he thinks of me too.
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To serve Mary is a mark of eternal salvation to come.
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The true measure of loving God is to love him without measure.
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Who loves me will love my dog also.
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He won me over entirely by giving Himself entirely to me.
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Prayer is a virtue that prevaileth against all temptations.
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The piercing nail has become a key to unlock the door, that I may see the good will of the Lord. And what can I see as I look through the hole?
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Prayer is a wine which makes glad the heart of man
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All things are possible to one who believes.
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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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The three most important virtues are humility, humility, and humility.
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Among us on the earth there is His memory; but in the Kingdom of heaven His very Presence. That Presence is the joy of those who have already attained to beatitude; the memory is the comfort of us who are still wayfarers, journeying towards the Fatherland.
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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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Have death always before your eyes as a salutary means of returning to God.
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Death is the gate of life.
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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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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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If anyone makes himself his own master in the spiritual life, he makes himself scholar to a fool.
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True love does not demand a reward, but it deserves one.
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