It is a fault, not a virtue, to wish your humility recognized and applauded.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUXLove is alone sufficient by itself, it pleases by itself and for it’s own sake. It is itself a merit, and itself it’s own recompense. It seeks neither cause, nor consequences beyond itself. It is its own fruit, its own object and usefulness. I love because I love you, I love that I may love.
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The more I contemplate God, the more God looks on me. The more I pray to him, the more he thinks of me too.
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There is no greater misery than false joys.
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Prayer is a virtue that prevaileth against all temptations.
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Your actions in passing, pass not away, for every good work is a grain of seed for eternal life.
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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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Love me, love my dog.
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Slander is a poison which kills charity, both in the slanderer and the one who listens.
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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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Jesus, what made You so small? LOVE!
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I have no other masters than the beeches and the oaks.
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If then you are wise, you will show yourself rather as a reservoir than as a canal. For a canal spreads abroad water as it receives it, but a reservoir waits until it is filled before overflowing.
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Believe one who has tried, you shall find a fuller satisfaction in the woods than in the books. The trees and the rocks will teach you that which you cannot hear from the masters.
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So far from being able to answer for my sins, I cannot even answer for my righteousness!
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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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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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