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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.

Bernard of Clairvaux

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
God will either give us what we ask, or what He knows to be better for us.
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Giving Gods Will Knows
there are four degrees of love: 1) Love of self for self’s sake. 2) Love of God for self’s sake. 3) Love of God for God’s own sake. 4) Love of self for God’s sake.
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Heart Love Self Soul
Humility is, of all graces, the chiefest when it does not know itself to be a grace at all.
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Grace Humility Know
Nay, what is worse, turning over corrupt and evil thoughts in mine heart, I thrust a dreadful offensiveness into His presence.
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Dreadful Offensiveness Presence
Your actions in passing, pass not away, for every good work is a grain of seed for eternal life.
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Action Good Life Work
Humility in furs is better than pride in tunics.
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Better Fur Humility Pride
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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Church Loss Present Reservoir Superbundant
I do a great wrong in His sight, when I beseech Him that He will hear my prayer, which as I give utterance to it, I do not hear myself. I entreat Him that He will think of me; but I regard neither myself nor Him.
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Heart Prayer Regard Thinking
The true measure of loving God is to love him without measure.
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God Love Loving Religious
The measure of love is love without measure.
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Inspirational Love Measure
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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Coming Men Saint Three
Jesus, what made You so small? LOVE!
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Jesus Made Sacrament
So far from being able to answer for my sins, I cannot even answer for my righteousness!
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Able Answers Righteousness Sin
Prayer is a wine which makes glad the heart of man
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Christian Heart Prayer
The Eucharist is that love which surpasses all loves in Heaven and on earth
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Earth Eucharist Heaven

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