God will become visible as God’s image is reborn in you.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUXGod will either give us what we ask, or what He knows to be better for us.
More Bernard of Clairvaux Quotes
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What we love we shall grow to resemble.
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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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The more I contemplate God, the more God looks on me. The more I pray to him, the more he thinks of me too.
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I know by myself how incomprehensible God is, seeing I cannot comprehend the parts of my own being.
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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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It is a fault, not a virtue, to wish your humility recognized and applauded.
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Vines and trees will teach you that which you will never learn from masters.
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Who loves me will love my dog also.
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We are to love God for Himself, because of a twofold reason; nothing is more reasonable, nothing more profitable.
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From the best bliss that earth imparts, we turn unfilled to Thee again.
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Love seeks no cause beyond itself and no fruit; it is its own fruit, its own enjoyment. I love because I love; I love in order that I may love.
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There are three distinct comings of the Lord of which I know: His coming to men, His coming into men, and His coming against men.
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A pretext is never lacking to him who would break with a friend.
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Hell is full of good wishes or desires.
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A truly obedient man does not discriminate between one thing and another, since his only aim is to execute faithfully whatever may be assigned to him.
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