If she walks before you, you shall not grow weary; if she shows you favor, you shall reach the goal.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUXIf she walks before you, you shall not grow weary; if she shows you favor, you shall reach the goal.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUXFrom the best bliss that earth imparts, we turn unfilled to Thee again.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUXTrue penance consists in regretting without ceasing the faults of the past, and in firmly resolving to never again commit that which is so deplorable.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUXWith 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.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUXWho loves me will love my dog also.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUXHave death always before your eyes as a salutary means of returning to God.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUXLet 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.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUXAs patience leads to peace, and study to science, so are humiliations the path that leads to humility.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUXNay, what is worse, turning over corrupt and evil thoughts in mine heart, I thrust a dreadful offensiveness into His presence.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUXTheirs is an endless road, a hopeless maze, who seek for goods before they seek for God.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUXAnd truly, O man, if you concentrate hard on the state you are in it will be surprising if you have time for anything else.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUXPersecution shows who is a hireling, and who a true pastor.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUXThe peacemakers shall be called the sons of God, who came to make peace between God and man. What then shall the sowers of discord be called, but the children of the devil? And what must they look for but their father’s portion?
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUXLet 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.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUXLearn the lesson that, if you are to do the work of a prophet, what you need is not a sceptre but a hoe.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUXGod will either give us what we ask, or what He knows to be better for us.
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