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Theirs is an endless road, a hopeless maze, who seek for goods before they seek for God.

Bernard of Clairvaux

What I know of the divine sciences and Holy Scriptures, I learned in woods and fields. I have no other masters than the beeches and the oaks.
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Life Nature Religion
True love does not demand a reward, but it deserves one.
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Demand Reward Rewards
Understanding is the sure and clear knowledge of some invisible thing.
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Invisible Knowledge Thing Understanding
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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Grace Soul Wind
Love is alone sufficient by itself, it pleases by itself and for it’s own sake. It is itself a merit, and itself it’s own recompense. It seeks neither cause, nor consequences beyond itself. It is its own fruit, its own object and usefulness. I love because I love you, I love that I may love.
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Emotion Love May Recompose Sake Sufficient
Jesus to me is honey in the mouth, music in the ear, a song in the heart.
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Heart Jesus Song
God has aroused the spirit of kings and princes to root up from the earth the enemies of the Christian name. Therefore gird yourselves manfully and take up joyful arms for the name of Christ.
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Christian Enemies Grid Kings War
He won me over entirely by giving Himself entirely to me.
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Faith Giving Inspiration
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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Confession Saint Sin
It is a fault, not a virtue, to wish your humility recognized and applauded.
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Faults Humility Wish
Learn first to love yourself, and then you can love me.
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Firsts Learning Love
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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Blessed Evoke Heart Name
What I know of the divine science and holy scripture, I learnt in the woods and fields.
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Fields Scripture Woods
How beautiful then is modesty and what a gem among virtues it is.
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Beautiful Modesty Virtue
Love me, love my dog.
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Dog Love Wisdom
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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Benefit Pride Receiving Recieve

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