Nothing can work me damage except myself. The harm that I sustain I carry about with me, and never am a real sufferer but by my own fault.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUXGod will become visible as God’s image is reborn in you.
More Bernard of Clairvaux Quotes
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What I know of the divine sciences and Holy Scriptures, I learned in woods and fields. I have no other masters than the beeches and the oaks.
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Believe one who has tried, you shall find a fuller satisfaction in the woods than in the books. The trees and the rocks will teach you that which you cannot hear from the masters.
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The three most important virtues are humility, humility, and humility.
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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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Inordinate love for the flesh is cruelty, because under the appearance of pleasing the body, we kill the soul.
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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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Death is the gate of life.
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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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So far from being able to answer for my sins, I cannot even answer for my righteousness!
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Let us not imagine that we obscure the glory of the Son by the great praise we lavish on the Mother; for the more she is honored, the greater is the glory of her Son. There can be no doubt that whatever we say in praise of the Mother gives equal praise to the Son.
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Learn the lesson that, if you are to do the work of a prophet, what you need is not a sceptre but a hoe.
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True love does not demand a reward, but it deserves one.
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The true measure of loving God is to love him without measure.
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Prayer is a virtue that prevaileth against all temptations.
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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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