Your actions in passing, pass not away, for every good work is a grain of seed for eternal life.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUXThere is no greater misery than false joys.
More Bernard of Clairvaux Quotes
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When God forgives a sinner who humbly confesses his sin, the devil loses his dominion over the heart he had taken.
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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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Slander is a poison which kills charity, both in the slanderer and the one who listens.
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Persecution shows who is a hireling, and who a true pastor.
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There are those who seek knowledge for the sake of knowledge; that is curiosity. There are those who seek knowledge to be known by others; that is vanity. There are those who seek knowledge in order to serve; that is Love.
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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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If anyone makes himself his own master in the spiritual life, he makes himself scholar to a fool.
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There is no greater misery than false joys.
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Love me, love my dog.
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True love does not demand a reward, but it deserves one.
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Jesus, what made You so small? LOVE!
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Who loves me will love my dog also.
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Thus understanding and love, that is, the knowledge of and delight in the truth, are, as it were, the two arms of the soul, with which it embraces and comprehends with all the saints the length and breath, the height and depth, that is the eternity, the love, the goodness, and the wisdom of God.
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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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We find rest in those we love, and we provide a resting place in ourselves for those who love us.
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