Humility in furs is better than pride in tunics.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUXTherefore gird yourselves manfully and take up joyful arms for the name of God.
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There are three distinct comings of the Lord of which I know: His coming to men, His coming into men, and His coming against men.
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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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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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Who loves me will love my dog also.
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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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A pretext is never lacking to him who would break with a friend.
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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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There are those who seek knowledge for the sake of knowledge; that is curiosity. There are those who seek knowledge to be known by others; that is vanity. There are those who seek knowledge in order to serve; that is Love.
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All things are possible to one who believes.
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I have no other masters than the beeches and the oaks.
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Learn first to love yourself, and then you can love me.
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Hell is full of good wishes or desires.
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What we love we shall grow to resemble.
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What I know of the divine science and holy scripture, I learnt in the woods and fields.
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It was love that motivated His self-emptying, that led Him to become a little lower than angels, to be subject to parents, to bow His head beneath the Baptist’s hands, to endure the weakness of the flesh, and to submit to death even upon the cross
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