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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

How beautiful then is modesty and what a gem among virtues it is.
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Beautiful Modesty Virtue
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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Hoe Lesson Needs
Nothing can work me damage except myself. The harm that I sustain I carry about with me, and never am a real sufferer but by my own fault.
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Damage Inspirational Myself
Love me, love my dog.
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Dog Love Wisdom
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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Blessed Evoke Heart Name
Hell is full of good wishes or desires.
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Catholic Desire Wish
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
The true measure of loving God is to love him without measure.
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God Love Loving Religious
The measure of love is love without measure.
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Inspirational Love Measure
The three most important virtues are humility, humility, and humility.
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Humility Important Three
God will become visible as God’s image is reborn in you.
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Gods Reborn Spirituality Will
To serve Mary is a mark of eternal salvation to come.
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Mark Mary Salvation
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
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
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
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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Art Christian Prayer

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

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