I know by myself how incomprehensible God is, seeing I cannot comprehend the parts of my own being.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUXSlander is a poison which kills charity, both in the slanderer and the one who listens.
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The true measure of loving God is to love him without measure.
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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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God will either give us what we ask, or what He knows to be better for us.
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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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How beautiful then is modesty and what a gem among virtues it is.
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Have death always before your eyes as a salutary means of returning to God.
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Hell is full of good wishes or desires.
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Jesus, what made You so small? LOVE!
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All things are possible to one who believes.
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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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Nothing 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.
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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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Who loves me will love my dog also.
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Persecution shows who is a hireling, and who a true pastor.
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God will become visible as God’s image is reborn in you.
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