The true measure of loving God is to love him without measure.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUXLearn first to love yourself, and then you can love me.
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Therefore gird yourselves manfully and take up joyful arms for the name of God.
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God has aroused the spirit of kings and princes to root up from the earth the enemies of the Christian name. Therefore gird yourselves manfully and take up joyful arms for the name of Christ.
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Who loves me will love my dog also.
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I have no other masters than the beeches and the oaks.
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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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It is no great thing to be humble when you are brought low; but to be humble when you are praised is a great and rare attainment.
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Learn first to love yourself, and then you can love me.
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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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Your actions in passing, pass not away, for every good work is a grain of seed for eternal life.
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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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Grace is necessary to salvation, free will equally so – but grace in order to give salvation, free will in order to receive it.
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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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If anyone makes himself his own master in the spiritual life, he makes himself scholar to a fool.
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Persecution shows who is a hireling, and who a true pastor.
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All things are possible to one who believes.
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