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.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUXLove me, love my dog.
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Learn first to love yourself, and then you can love me.
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God will either give us what we ask, or what He knows to be better for us.
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The rivers of Grace cannot flow uphill, up the steep cliff of the proud man’s heart.
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The tears of those repenting are the wine of angels.
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The measure of love is love without measure.
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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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As patience leads to peace, and study to science, so are humiliations the path that leads to humility.
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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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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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All things are possible to one who believes.
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Slander is a poison which kills charity, both in the slanderer and the one who listens.
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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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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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The true measure of loving God is to love him without measure.
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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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