Love me, love my dog.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUXTrue penance consists in regretting without ceasing the faults of the past, and in firmly resolving to never again commit that which is so deplorable.
More Bernard of Clairvaux Quotes
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The true measure of loving God is to love him without measure.
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And thus communicates, without loss to itself, its superabundant water. In the Church at the present day, we have many canals, few reservoirs.
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Death is the gate of life.
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We find rest in those we love, and we provide a resting place in ourselves for those who love us.
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A pretext is never lacking to him who would break with a friend.
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What we love we shall grow to resemble.
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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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Jesus to me is honey in the mouth, music in the ear, a song in the heart.
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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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The Eucharist is that love which surpasses all loves in Heaven and on earth
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The heart of Christ can be seen through the openings of his wounds. For what can prove to me so clearly as your wounds that you, O Lord Jesus, are sweet & mild & plenteous in mercy.
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Humility is, of all graces, the chiefest when it does not know itself to be a grace at all.
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To serve Mary is a mark of eternal salvation to come.
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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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Therefore gird yourselves manfully and take up joyful arms for the name of God.
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