Let us affectionately love His angels as counselors and defenders appointed by the Father and placed over us. They are faithful; they are prudent; they are powerful; Let us only follow them, let us remain close to them, and in the protection of the God of heaven let us abide.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUXAnd thus communicates, without loss to itself, its superabundant water. In the Church at the present day, we have many canals, few reservoirs.
More Bernard of Clairvaux Quotes
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It is no great thing to be humble when you are brought low; but to be humble when you are praised is a great and rare attainment.
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Learn first to love yourself, and then you can love me.
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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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God will either give us what we ask, or what He knows to be better for us.
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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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Vines and trees will teach you that which you will never learn from masters.
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Our King [Jesus] is accused of treachery; it is said of him [by the Muslims] that he is not God, but that he falsely pretended to be something he was not.
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Love me, love my dog.
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As patience leads to peace, and study to science, so are humiliations the path that leads to humility.
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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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I know by myself how incomprehensible God is, seeing I cannot comprehend the parts of my own being.
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The tears of those repenting are the wine of angels.
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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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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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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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