Humility in furs is better than pride in tunics.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUXPride 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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It was love that motivated His self-emptying, that led Him to become a little lower than angels, to be subject to parents, to bow His head beneath the Baptist’s hands, to endure the weakness of the flesh, and to submit to death even upon the cross
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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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The measure of love is love without measure.
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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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Persecution shows who is a hireling, and who a true pastor.
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Your actions in passing, pass not away, for every good work is a grain of seed for eternal life.
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Slander is a poison which kills charity, both in the slanderer and the one who listens.
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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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Hell is full of good wishes or desires.
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Prostrate, see Thy cross I grasp,And Thy pierced feet I clasp;Gracious Jesus, spurn me not;On me, with compassion fraught.
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Nay, what is worse, turning over corrupt and evil thoughts in mine heart, I thrust a dreadful offensiveness into His presence.
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The three most important virtues are humility, humility, and humility.
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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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The Eucharist is that love which surpasses all loves in Heaven and on earth
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It is no great thing to be humble when you are brought low; but to be humble when you are praised is a great and rare attainment.
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