Slander is a poison which kills charity, both in the slanderer and the one who listens.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUXNothing 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.
More Bernard of Clairvaux Quotes
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A pretext is never lacking to him who would break with a friend.
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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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True love does not demand a reward, but it deserves one.
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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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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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Understanding is the sure and clear knowledge of some invisible thing.
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Persecution shows who is a hireling, and who a true pastor.
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What we love we shall grow to resemble.
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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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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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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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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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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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