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 CLAIRVAUXLearn 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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Wherever…thou shalt be, pray secretly within thyself. If thou shalt be far from a house of prayer, give not thyself trouble to seek for one, for thou thyself art a sanctuary designed for prayer. If thou shalt be in bed, or in any other place, pray there; thy temple is there.
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If she walks before you, you shall not grow weary; if she shows you favor, you shall reach the goal.
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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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Death is the gate of life.
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Persecution shows who is a hireling, and who a true pastor.
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Inordinate love for the flesh is cruelty, because under the appearance of pleasing the body, we kill the soul.
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Jesus, what made You so small? LOVE!
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Prayer is a wine which makes glad the heart of man
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True love does not demand a reward, but it deserves one.
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God will either give us what we ask, or what He knows to be better for us.
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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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What I know of the divine science and holy scripture, I learnt in the woods and fields.
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How beautiful then is modesty and what a gem among virtues it is.
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Learn first to love yourself, and then you can love me.
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The rivers of Grace cannot flow uphill, up the steep cliff of the proud man’s heart.
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