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 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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When God forgives a sinner who humbly confesses his sin, the devil loses his dominion over the heart he had taken.
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Learn first to love yourself, and then you can love me.
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From the best bliss that earth imparts, we turn unfilled to Thee again.
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Love is alone sufficient by itself, it pleases by itself and for it’s own sake. It is itself a merit, and itself it’s own recompense. It seeks neither cause, nor consequences beyond itself. It is its own fruit, its own object and usefulness. I love because I love you, I love that I may love.
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Let Thy glances fall.Thy cross of agony,My Beloved, look on me;Turn me wholly unto Thee;”Be thou whole,” say openly:”I forgive thee all.
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So far from being able to answer for my sins, I cannot even answer for my righteousness!
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Action and contemplation are very close companions; they live together in one house on equal terms. Martha and Mary are sisters.
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Theirs is an endless road, a hopeless maze, who seek for goods before they seek for God.
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The three most important virtues are humility, humility, and humility.
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If you would know whether you have made a good confession, ask yourself I you have resolved to abandon your sins.
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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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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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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?
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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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To serve Mary is a mark of eternal salvation to come.
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