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.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUXThus understanding and love, that is, the knowledge of and delight in the truth, are, as it were, the two arms of the soul, with which it embraces and comprehends with all the saints the length and breath, the height and depth, that is the eternity, the love, the goodness, and the wisdom of God.
More Bernard of Clairvaux Quotes
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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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With her for guide, you shall never go astray; while invoking her, you shall never lose heart; so long as she is in your mind, you are safe from deception; while she holds your hand, you cannot fall; under her protection you have nothing to fear.
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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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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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there are four degrees of love: 1) Love of self for self’s sake. 2) Love of God for self’s sake. 3) Love of God for God’s own sake. 4) Love of self for God’s sake.
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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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God will either give us what we ask, or what He knows to be better for us.
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From the best bliss that earth imparts, we turn unfilled to Thee again.
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What we love we shall grow to resemble.
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Prayer is a wine which makes glad the heart of man
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Therefore gird yourselves manfully and take up joyful arms for the name of God.
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It was love that motivated His self-emptying, that led Him to become a little lower than angels, to be subject to parents, to bow His head beneath the Baptist’s hands, to endure the weakness of the flesh, and to submit to death even upon the cross
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Humility in furs is better than pride in tunics.
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He rightly reads scripture who turns words into deeds.
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The tears of those repenting are the wine of angels.
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