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Understanding is the sure and clear knowledge of some invisible thing.

Bernard of Clairvaux

The rivers of Grace cannot flow uphill, up the steep cliff of the proud man’s heart.
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Heart Men River
The true measure of loving God is to love him without measure.
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God Love Loving Religious
What I know of the divine sciences and Holy Scriptures, I learned in woods and fields. I have no other masters than the beeches and the oaks.
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Life Nature Religion
We find rest in those we love, and we provide a resting place in ourselves for those who love us.
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Engagement Love Relationship
We are to love God for Himself, because of a twofold reason; nothing is more reasonable, nothing more profitable.
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Faith God Love Profitable
God will become visible as God’s image is reborn in you.
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Gods Reborn Spirituality Will
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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Giving Grace Order
Have death always before your eyes as a salutary means of returning to God.
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Eye Mean Returning Salutary
Our King [Jesus] is accused of treachery; it is said of him [by the Muslims] that he is not God, but that he falsely pretended to be something he was not.
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Jesus Kings Said Something
The three most important virtues are humility, humility, and humility.
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Humility Important Three
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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Hoe Lesson Needs
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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Enjoyment Love May Order
Love me, love my dog.
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Dog Love Wisdom
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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Believe Father Love
There are those who seek knowledge for the sake of knowledge; that is curiosity. There are those who seek knowledge to be known by others; that is vanity. There are those who seek knowledge in order to serve; that is Love.
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Inspirational Life Vanity
Understanding is the sure and clear knowledge of some invisible thing.
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Invisible Knowledge Thing Understanding

Understanding is the sure and clear knowledge of some invisible thing.

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