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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.

Bernard of Clairvaux

I know by myself how incomprehensible God is, seeing I cannot comprehend the parts of my own being.
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Comprehend God Knows Own
A pretext is never lacking to him who would break with a friend.
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Break Friendship Lacking
There are three distinct comings of the Lord of which I know: His coming to men, His coming into men, and His coming against men.
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Coming Men Saint Three
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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Enjoyment Love May Order
Prayer is a wine which makes glad the heart of man
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Christian Heart Prayer
The true measure of loving God is to love him without measure.
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God Love Loving Religious
The heart of Christ can be seen through the openings of his wounds. For what can prove to me so clearly as your wounds that you, O Lord Jesus, are sweet & mild & plenteous in mercy.
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Heart Jesus Sweet Wound
It is a fault, not a virtue, to wish your humility recognized and applauded.
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Faults Humility Wish
Pride causes us to use our gifts as though they came from ourselves, not benefits received from God, and to usurp our benefactor’s glory.
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Benefactor Benefits Pride Use
Slander is a poison which kills charity, both in the slanderer and the one who listens.
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Charity Poison Slander
He rightly reads scripture who turns words into deeds.
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Deeds Hypocrisy Scripture
It was love that motivated His self-emptying, that led Him to become a little lower than angels, to be subject to parents, to bow His head beneath the Baptist’s hands, to endure the weakness of the flesh, and to submit to death even upon the cross
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Angel Benefit Hands led Motivated Self
With her for guide, you shall never go astray; while invoking her, you shall never lose heart; so long as she is in your mind, you are safe from deception; while she holds your hand, you cannot fall; under her protection you have nothing to fear.
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Christian Fall Heart
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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Church Loss Present Reservoir Superbundant
And truly, O man, if you concentrate hard on the state you are in it will be surprising if you have time for anything else.
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Anything Concentrate Man Surprising
Who loves me will love my dog also.
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Animal Creature Dog

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