What I know of the divine science and holy scripture, I learnt in the woods and fields.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUXHow beautiful then is modesty and what a gem among virtues it is.
More Bernard of Clairvaux Quotes
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The measure of love is love without measure.
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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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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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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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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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I do a great wrong in His sight, when I beseech Him that He will hear my prayer, which as I give utterance to it, I do not hear myself. I entreat Him that He will think of me; but I regard neither myself nor Him.
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To serve Mary is a mark of eternal salvation to come.
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As patience leads to peace, and study to science, so are humiliations the path that leads to humility.
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All things are possible to one who believes.
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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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Death is the gate of life.
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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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When God forgives a sinner who humbly confesses his sin, the devil loses his dominion over the heart he had taken.
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Wherever…thou shalt be, pray secretly within thyself. If thou shalt be far from a house of prayer, give not thyself trouble to seek for one, for thou thyself art a sanctuary designed for prayer. If thou shalt be in bed, or in any other place, pray there; thy temple is there.
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True love does not demand a reward, but it deserves one.
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