We find rest in those we love, and we provide a resting place in ourselves for those who love us.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUXIf she walks before you, you shall not grow weary; if she shows you favor, you shall reach the goal.
More Bernard of Clairvaux Quotes
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The measure of love is love without measure.
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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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All things are possible to one who believes.
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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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What does God hate or punish except self-will? Let self-will cease, and there will be no hell. On what does that fire feed except on self-will?
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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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He rightly reads scripture who turns words into deeds.
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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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Many of those who are humiliated are not humble. Some react to humiliation with anger, others with patience, and others with freedom. The first are culpable, the next harmless, the last just.
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Let us not imagine that we obscure the glory of the Son by the great praise we lavish on the Mother; for the more she is honored, the greater is the glory of her Son. There can be no doubt that whatever we say in praise of the Mother gives equal praise to the Son.
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Hell is full of good wishes or desires.
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It is a fault, not a virtue, to wish your humility recognized and applauded.
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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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The three most important virtues are humility, humility, and humility.
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Our King [Jesus] is accused of treachery; it is said of him [by the Muslims] that he is not God, but that he falsely pretended to be something he was not.
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