Love me, love my dog.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUXDo 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].
More Bernard of Clairvaux Quotes
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How beautiful then is modesty and what a gem among virtues it is.
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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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Let no one believe that he has received the divine kiss, if he knows the truth without loving it or loves it without understanding it. But blessed is that kiss whereby not only is God recognized but also the Father is loved; for there is never full knowledge without perfect love.
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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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Love is alone sufficient by itself, it pleases by itself and for it’s own sake. It is itself a merit, and itself it’s own recompense. It seeks neither cause, nor consequences beyond itself. It is its own fruit, its own object and usefulness. I love because I love you, I love that I may love.
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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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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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The tears of those repenting are the wine of angels.
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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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Ingratitude is the soul’s enemy… Ingratitude is a burning wind that dries up the source of love, the dew of mercy, the streams of grace.
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Pride causes us to use our gifts as though they came from ourselves, not benefits received from God, and to usurp our benefactor’s glory.
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If she walks before you, you shall not grow weary; if she shows you favor, you shall reach the goal.
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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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What I know of the divine science and holy scripture, I learnt in the woods and fields.
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He rightly reads scripture who turns words into deeds.
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