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.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUXA 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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If anyone makes himself his own master in the spiritual life, he makes himself scholar to a fool.
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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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I know by myself how incomprehensible God is, seeing I cannot comprehend the parts of my own being.
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What we love we shall grow to resemble.
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Love seeks no cause beyond itself and no fruit; it is its own fruit, its own enjoyment. I love because I love; I love in order that I may love.
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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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Do what Jesus says… what he commands through his ministers who are in the Church [see 1 Cor 6:4]. Be subject to his vicars, your leaders, not only those who are gentle and kind, but even those who are overbearing [see 1 Pt 2:18].
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From the best bliss that earth imparts, we turn unfilled to Thee again.
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Who loves me will love my dog also.
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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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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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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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The Eucharist is that love which surpasses all loves in Heaven and on earth
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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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It is a fault, not a virtue, to wish your humility recognized and applauded.
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