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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.

Bernard of Clairvaux

If she walks before you, you shall not grow weary; if she shows you favor, you shall reach the goal.
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Before Goal Grow Shall Shows
The true measure of loving God is to love him without measure.
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God Love Loving Religious
What I know of the divine science and holy scripture, I learnt in the woods and fields.
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Fields Scripture Woods
Learn first to love yourself, and then you can love me.
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Firsts Learning Love
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
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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Humble Humility Lows
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
He rightly reads scripture who turns words into deeds.
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Deeds Hypocrisy Scripture
Let us then cast ourselves at the feet of this good Mother, and embracing them let us not depart until she blesses us, and accepts us for her children.
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Children Mother Religious
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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Humble Lasts Next
Pride only, the chief of all iniquities, can make us treat gifts as if they were rightful attributes of our nature, and, while receiving benefits, rob our Benefactor of His due glory.
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Benefit Pride Receiving Recieve
God has aroused the spirit of kings and princes to root up from the earth the enemies of the Christian name. Therefore gird yourselves manfully and take up joyful arms for the name of Christ.
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Christian Enemies Grid Kings War
It is a fault, not a virtue, to wish your humility recognized and applauded.
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Faults Humility Wish
The three most important virtues are humility, humility, and humility.
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Humility Important Three
Humility in furs is better than pride in tunics.
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Better Fur Humility Pride
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

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