God will either give us what we ask, or what He knows to be better for us.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUXHumility is, of all graces, the chiefest when it does not know itself to be a grace at all.
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If she walks before you, you shall not grow weary; if she shows you favor, you shall reach the goal.
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Let Thy glances fall.Thy cross of agony,My Beloved, look on me;Turn me wholly unto Thee;”Be thou whole,” say openly:”I forgive thee all.
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And truly, O man, if you concentrate hard on the state you are in it will be surprising if you have time for anything else.
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Pride only, the chief of all iniquities, can make us treat gifts as if they were rightful attributes of our nature, and, while receiving benefits, rob our Benefactor of His due glory.
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Humility in furs is better than pride in tunics.
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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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If you would know whether you have made a good confession, ask yourself I you have resolved to abandon your sins.
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From the best bliss that earth imparts, we turn unfilled to Thee again.
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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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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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The measure of love is love without measure.
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It is a fault, not a virtue, to wish your humility recognized and applauded.
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There is no greater misery than false joys.
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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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Inordinate love for the flesh is cruelty, because under the appearance of pleasing the body, we kill the soul.
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Learn first to love yourself, and then you can love me.
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As patience leads to peace, and study to science, so are humiliations the path that leads to humility.
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Death is the gate of life.
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Vines and trees will teach you that which you will never learn from masters.
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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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The peacemakers shall be called the sons of God, who came to make peace between God and man. What then shall the sowers of discord be called, but the children of the devil? And what must they look for but their father’s portion?
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The rivers of Grace cannot flow uphill, up the steep cliff of the proud man’s heart.
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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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Hell is full of good wishes or desires.
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Jesus, what made You so small? LOVE!
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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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