Slander is a poison which kills charity, both in the slanderer and the one who listens.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUXI have no other masters than the beeches and the oaks.
More Bernard of Clairvaux Quotes
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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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Therefore gird yourselves manfully and take up joyful arms for the name of God.
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Persecution shows who is a hireling, and who a true pastor.
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Humility in furs is better than pride in tunics.
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With her for guide, you shall never go astray; while invoking her, you shall never lose heart; so long as she is in your mind, you are safe from deception; while she holds your hand, you cannot fall; under her protection you have nothing to fear.
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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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Learn first to love yourself, and then you can love me.
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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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I have no other masters than the beeches and the oaks.
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It is a fault, not a virtue, to wish your humility recognized and applauded.
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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.
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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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Jesus to me is honey in the mouth, music in the ear, a song in the heart.
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Prayer is a virtue that prevaileth against all temptations.
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Both the nail and the wound cry out that God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself… Through these sacred wounds we can see the secret of his heart, the great mystery of love.
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