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Have death always before your eyes as a salutary means of returning to God.

Bernard of Clairvaux

Learn first to love yourself, and then you can love me.
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Firsts Learning Love
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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Confession Saint Sin
A truly obedient man does not discriminate between one thing and another, since his only aim is to execute faithfully whatever may be assigned to him.
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Another Faithfully Men Saint
Humility is, of all graces, the chiefest when it does not know itself to be a grace at all.
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Grace Humility Know
Slander is a poison which kills charity, both in the slanderer and the one who listens.
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Charity Poison Slander
Inordinate love for the flesh is cruelty, because under the appearance of pleasing the body, we kill the soul.
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Appearance Body Flesh Soul
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
Let Thy glances fall.Thy cross of agony,My Beloved, look on me;Turn me wholly unto Thee;”Be thou whole,” say openly:”I forgive thee all.
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Agony Beloved Cross Forgive
Have death always before your eyes as a salutary means of returning to God.
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Eye Mean Returning Salutary
Love me, love my dog.
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Dog Love Wisdom
True love does not demand a reward, but it deserves one.
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Demand Reward Rewards
All things are possible to one who believes.
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All Believe Possible Things
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
Jesus to me is honey in the mouth, music in the ear, a song in the heart.
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Heart Jesus Song
Humility in furs is better than pride in tunics.
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Better Fur Humility Pride

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