God will become visible as God’s image is reborn in you.
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More Bernard of Clairvaux Quotes
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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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As patience leads to peace, and study to science, so are humiliations the path that leads to humility.
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And truly, O man, if you concentrate hard on the state you are in it will be surprising if you have time for anything else.
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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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Our King [Jesus] is accused of treachery; it is said of him [by the Muslims] that he is not God, but that he falsely pretended to be something he was not.
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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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God will either give us what we ask, or what He knows to be better for us.
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The heart of Christ can be seen through the openings of his wounds. For what can prove to me so clearly as your wounds that you, O Lord Jesus, are sweet & mild & plenteous in mercy.
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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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Among us on the earth there is His memory; but in the Kingdom of heaven His very Presence. That Presence is the joy of those who have already attained to beatitude; the memory is the comfort of us who are still wayfarers, journeying towards the Fatherland.
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The three most important virtues are humility, humility, and humility.
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Jesus, what made You so small? LOVE!
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Pride causes us to use our gifts as though they came from ourselves, not benefits received from God, and to usurp our benefactor’s glory.
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Hell is full of good wishes or desires.
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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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To serve Mary is a mark of eternal salvation to come.
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I know by myself how incomprehensible God is, seeing I cannot comprehend the parts of my own being.
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From the best bliss that earth imparts, we turn unfilled to Thee again.
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It is a fault, not a virtue, to wish your humility recognized and applauded.
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