Understanding is the sure and clear knowledge of some invisible thing.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUXIf she walks before you, you shall not grow weary; if she shows you favor, you shall reach the goal.
More Bernard of Clairvaux Quotes
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Your actions in passing, pass not away, for every good work is a grain of seed for eternal life.
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Vines and trees will teach you that which you will never learn from masters.
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Prayer is a wine which makes glad the heart of man
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The Eucharist is that love which surpasses all loves in Heaven and on earth
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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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The piercing nail has become a key to unlock the door, that I may see the good will of the Lord. And what can I see as I look through the hole?
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He rightly reads scripture who turns words into deeds.
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O Blessed Mary, whoever loves you honors God; whoever serves you pleases God; whoever invokes your holy name with a pure heart will infallibly receive the object of his petition.
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Have death always before your eyes as a salutary means of returning to God.
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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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I do a great wrong in His sight, when I beseech Him that He will hear my prayer, which as I give utterance to it, I do not hear myself. I entreat Him that He will think of me; but I regard neither myself nor Him.
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Ingratitude is the soul’s enemy… Ingratitude is a burning wind that dries up the source of love, the dew of mercy, the streams of grace.
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Hell is full of good wishes or desires.
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Wherever…thou shalt be, pray secretly within thyself. If thou shalt be far from a house of prayer, give not thyself trouble to seek for one, for thou thyself art a sanctuary designed for prayer. If thou shalt be in bed, or in any other place, pray there; thy temple is there.
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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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