Jesus to me is honey in the mouth, music in the ear, a song in the heart.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUXFrom the best bliss that earth imparts, we turn unfilled to Thee again.
More Bernard of Clairvaux Quotes
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Hell is full of good wishes or desires.
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God has aroused the spirit of kings and princes to root up from the earth the enemies of the Christian name. Therefore gird yourselves manfully and take up joyful arms for the name of Christ.
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The true measure of loving God is to love him without measure.
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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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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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Have death always before your eyes as a salutary means of returning to God.
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From the best bliss that earth imparts, we turn unfilled to Thee again.
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How beautiful then is modesty and what a gem among virtues it is.
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Learn the lesson that, if you are to do the work of a prophet, what you need is not a sceptre but a hoe.
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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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He won me over entirely by giving Himself entirely to me.
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The three most important virtues are humility, humility, and humility.
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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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I know by myself how incomprehensible God is, seeing I cannot comprehend the parts of my own being.
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Slander is a poison which kills charity, both in the slanderer and the one who listens.
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