Learn the lesson that, if you are to do the work of a prophet, what you need is not a sceptre but a hoe.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUXJesus to me is honey in the mouth, music in the ear, a song in the heart.
More Bernard of Clairvaux Quotes
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Inordinate love for the flesh is cruelty, because under the appearance of pleasing the body, we kill the soul.
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We find rest in those we love, and we provide a resting place in ourselves for those who love us.
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Action and contemplation are very close companions; they live together in one house on equal terms. Martha and Mary are sisters.
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Who loves me will love my dog also.
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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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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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Do what Jesus says… what he commands through his ministers who are in the Church [see 1 Cor 6:4]. Be subject to his vicars, your leaders, not only those who are gentle and kind, but even those who are overbearing [see 1 Pt 2:18].
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Jesus, what made You so small? LOVE!
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there are four degrees of love: 1) Love of self for self’s sake. 2) Love of God for self’s sake. 3) Love of God for God’s own sake. 4) Love of self for God’s sake.
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There is no greater misery than false joys.
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Therefore gird yourselves manfully and take up joyful arms for the name of God.
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A pretext is never lacking to him who would break with a friend.
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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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Prayer is a virtue that prevaileth against all temptations.
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Prayer is a wine which makes glad the heart of man
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