Learn first to love yourself, and then you can love me.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUXHell is full of good wishes or desires.
More Bernard of Clairvaux Quotes
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The peacemakers shall be called the sons of God, who came to make peace between God and man. What then shall the sowers of discord be called, but the children of the devil? And what must they look for but their father’s portion?
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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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God will become visible as God’s image is reborn in you.
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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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Theirs is an endless road, a hopeless maze, who seek for goods before they seek for God.
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A pretext is never lacking to him who would break with a friend.
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If you would know whether you have made a good confession, ask yourself I you have resolved to abandon your sins.
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Humility in furs is better than pride in tunics.
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If then you are wise, you will show yourself rather as a reservoir than as a canal. For a canal spreads abroad water as it receives it, but a reservoir waits until it is filled before overflowing.
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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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It is a fault, not a virtue, to wish your humility recognized and applauded.
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Prayer is a virtue that prevaileth against all temptations.
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And truly, O man, if you concentrate hard on the state you are in it will be surprising if you have time for anything else.
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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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Learn the lesson that, if you are to do the work of a prophet, what you need is not a sceptre but a hoe.
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