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The 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 Clairvaux

I have no other masters than the beeches and the oaks.
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Beeches Masters Oaks
The measure of love is love without measure.
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Inspirational Love Measure
If anyone makes himself his own master in the spiritual life, he makes himself scholar to a fool.
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Fool Masters Spiritual
Love me, love my dog.
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Dog Love Wisdom
God will either give us what we ask, or what He knows to be better for us.
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Giving Gods Will Knows
Among us on the earth there is His memory; but in the Kingdom of heaven His very Presence. That Presence is the joy of those who have already attained to beatitude; the memory is the comfort of us who are still wayfarers, journeying towards the Fatherland.
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Fatherland Heaven Joy Memories Presence
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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Believe Book Nature Satisfaction Tree
Therefore gird yourselves manfully and take up joyful arms for the name of God.
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Arms Joyful Names
Slander is a poison which kills charity, both in the slanderer and the one who listens.
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Charity Poison Slander
How beautiful then is modesty and what a gem among virtues it is.
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Beautiful Modesty Virtue
The rivers of Grace cannot flow uphill, up the steep cliff of the proud man’s heart.
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Heart Men River
What I know of the divine sciences and Holy Scriptures, I learned in woods and fields. I have no other masters than the beeches and the oaks.
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Life Nature Religion
We are to love God for Himself, because of a twofold reason; nothing is more reasonable, nothing more profitable.
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Faith God Love Profitable
there are four degrees of love: 1) Love of self for self’s sake. 2) Love of God for self’s sake. 3) Love of God for God’s own sake. 4) Love of self for God’s sake.
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Heart Love Self Soul
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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Church Command Jesus Leader Minister
Many of those who are humiliated are not humble. Some react to humiliation with anger, others with patience, and others with freedom. The first are culpable, the next harmless, the last just.
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Humble Lasts Next

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