It is a fault, not a virtue, to wish your humility recognized and applauded.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUXThe more I contemplate God, the more God looks on me. The more I pray to him, the more he thinks of me too.
More Bernard of Clairvaux Quotes
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Slander is a poison which kills charity, both in the slanderer and the one who listens.
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O Blessed Mary, whoever loves you honors God; whoever serves you pleases God; whoever invokes your holy name with a pure heart will infallibly receive the object of his petition.
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How beautiful then is modesty and what a gem among virtues it is.
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Jesus, what made You so small? LOVE!
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Inordinate love for the flesh is cruelty, because under the appearance of pleasing the body, we kill the soul.
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I do a great wrong in His sight, when I beseech Him that He will hear my prayer, which as I give utterance to it, I do not hear myself. I entreat Him that He will think of me; but I regard neither myself nor Him.
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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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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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Have death always before your eyes as a salutary means of returning to God.
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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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Theirs is an endless road, a hopeless maze, who seek for goods before they seek for God.
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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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Love me, love my dog.
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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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True love does not demand a reward, but it deserves one.
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