I have no other masters than the beeches and the oaks.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUXHave death always before your eyes as a salutary means of returning to God.
More Bernard of Clairvaux Quotes
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For I have learnt for a fact that nothing so effectively obtains, retains and regains grace, as that we should always be found not high-minded before God, but filled with holy fear.
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Hell is full of good wishes or desires.
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He rightly reads scripture who turns words into deeds.
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He won me over entirely by giving Himself entirely to me.
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Nay, what is worse, turning over corrupt and evil thoughts in mine heart, I thrust a dreadful offensiveness into His presence.
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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 is a fault, not a virtue, to wish your humility recognized and applauded.
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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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Therefore gird yourselves manfully and take up joyful arms for the name of God.
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True love does not demand a reward, but it deserves one.
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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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Many of those who are humiliated are not humble. Some react to humiliation with anger, others with patience, and others with freedom. The first are culpable, the next harmless, the last just.
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True penance consists in regretting without ceasing the faults of the past, and in firmly resolving to never again commit that which is so deplorable.
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What does God hate or punish except self-will? Let self-will cease, and there will be no hell. On what does that fire feed except on self-will?
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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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