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Humility is, of all graces, the chiefest when it does not know itself to be a grace at all.

Bernard of Clairvaux

The more I contemplate God, the more God looks on me. The more I pray to him, the more he thinks of me too.
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Looking Praying Thinking
Prostrate, see Thy cross I grasp,And Thy pierced feet I clasp;Gracious Jesus, spurn me not;On me, with compassion fraught.
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Compassion Fall Fraught Gracious Jesus
Vines and trees will teach you that which you will never learn from masters.
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Learning Tree Vines
Understanding is the sure and clear knowledge of some invisible thing.
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Invisible Knowledge Thing Understanding
True penance consists in regretting without ceasing the faults of the past, and in firmly resolving to never again commit that which is so deplorable.
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Past Regret Resolving Saint
Prayer is a wine which makes glad the heart of man
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Christian Heart Prayer
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
The Eucharist is that love which surpasses all loves in Heaven and on earth
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Earth Eucharist Heaven
Slander is a poison which kills charity, both in the slanderer and the one who listens.
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Charity Poison Slander
Humility in furs is better than pride in tunics.
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Better Fur Humility Pride
As patience leads to peace, and study to science, so are humiliations the path that leads to humility.
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Humility Path Study
Love me, love my dog.
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Dog Love Wisdom
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
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
If then you are wise, you will show yourself rather as a reservoir than as a canal. For a canal spreads abroad water as it receives it, but a reservoir waits until it is filled before overflowing.
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Loss Water Wise

Humility is, of all graces, the chiefest when it does not know itself to be a grace at all.

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