Learn first to love yourself, and then you can love me.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUXThe true measure of loving God is to love him without measure.
More Bernard of Clairvaux Quotes
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True penance consists in regretting without ceasing the faults of the past, and in firmly resolving to never again commit that which is so deplorable.
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Pride causes us to use our gifts as though they came from ourselves, not benefits received from God, and to usurp our benefactor’s glory.
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Theirs is an endless road, a hopeless maze, who seek for goods before they seek for God.
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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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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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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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So far from being able to answer for my sins, I cannot even answer for my righteousness!
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Understanding is the sure and clear knowledge of some invisible thing.
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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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Love me, love my dog.
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Jesus, what made You so small? LOVE!
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The Eucharist is that love which surpasses all loves in Heaven and on earth
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Slander is a poison which kills charity, both in the slanderer and the one who listens.
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True love does not demand a reward, but it deserves one.
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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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