I have no other masters than the beeches and the oaks.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUXPrayer is a virtue that prevaileth against all temptations.
More Bernard of Clairvaux Quotes
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Learn first to love yourself, and then you can love me.
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The tears of those repenting are the wine of angels.
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If she walks before you, you shall not grow weary; if she shows you favor, you shall reach the goal.
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With her for guide, you shall never go astray; while invoking her, you shall never lose heart; so long as she is in your mind, you are safe from deception; while she holds your hand, you cannot fall; under her protection you have nothing to fear.
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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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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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The three most important virtues are humility, humility, and humility.
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If anyone makes himself his own master in the spiritual life, he makes himself scholar to a fool.
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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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Death is the gate of life.
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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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Love me, love my dog.
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There is no greater misery than false joys.
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I know by myself how incomprehensible God is, seeing I cannot comprehend the parts of my own being.
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Let us then cast ourselves at the feet of this good Mother, and embracing them let us not depart until she blesses us, and accepts us for her children.
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