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.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUXIf she walks before you, you shall not grow weary; if she shows you favor, you shall reach the goal.
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Nay, what is worse, turning over corrupt and evil thoughts in mine heart, I thrust a dreadful offensiveness into His presence.
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Among us on the earth there is His memory; but in the Kingdom of heaven His very Presence. That Presence is the joy of those who have already attained to beatitude; the memory is the comfort of us who are still wayfarers, journeying towards the Fatherland.
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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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Have death always before your eyes as a salutary means of returning to God.
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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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It is a fault, not a virtue, to wish your humility recognized and applauded.
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Humility is, of all graces, the chiefest when it does not know itself to be a grace at all.
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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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The true measure of loving God is to love him without measure.
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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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I have no other masters than the beeches and the oaks.
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All things are possible to one who believes.
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Love me, love my dog.
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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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The tears of those repenting are the wine of angels.
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