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It is a fault, not a virtue, to wish your humility recognized and applauded.

Bernard of Clairvaux

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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Humble Lasts Next
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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Life Nature Religion
My child, seek those things which make for peace. Cease to stir up the King against the Church, and urge upon him a better course of action. If you will promise to do this, I in return promise to entreat the merciful Lord to grant you offspring.
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Children Kings Promise Upon Urge
Ingratitude is the soul’s enemy… Ingratitude is a burning wind that dries up the source of love, the dew of mercy, the streams of grace.
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Grace Soul Wind
Prayer is a wine which makes glad the heart of man
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Christian Heart Prayer
We find rest in those we love, and we provide a resting place in ourselves for those who love us.
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Engagement Love Relationship
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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Giving Grace Order
Let no one believe that he has received the divine kiss, if he knows the truth without loving it or loves it without understanding it. But blessed is that kiss whereby not only is God recognized but also the Father is loved; for there is never full knowledge without perfect love.
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Believe Father Love
Let Thy glances fall.Thy cross of agony,My Beloved, look on me;Turn me wholly unto Thee;”Be thou whole,” say openly:”I forgive thee all.
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Agony Beloved Cross Forgive
Slander is a poison which kills charity, both in the slanderer and the one who listens.
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Charity Poison Slander
If she walks before you, you shall not grow weary; if she shows you favor, you shall reach the goal.
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Before Goal Grow Shall Shows
True love does not demand a reward, but it deserves one.
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Demand Reward Rewards
If anyone makes himself his own master in the spiritual life, he makes himself scholar to a fool.
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Fool Masters Spiritual
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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Another Faithfully Men Saint
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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Inspirational Life Vanity
The tears of those repenting are the wine of angels.
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Angel Tears Wine

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