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We are to love God for Himself, because of a twofold reason; nothing is more reasonable, nothing more profitable.

Bernard of Clairvaux

Believe one who has tried, you shall find a fuller satisfaction in the woods than in the books. The trees and the rocks will teach you that which you cannot hear from the masters.
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Believe Book Nature Satisfaction Tree
To serve Mary is a mark of eternal salvation to come.
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Mark Mary Salvation
Learn first to love yourself, and then you can love me.
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Firsts Learning Love
Slander is a poison which kills charity, both in the slanderer and the one who listens.
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Charity Poison Slander
The true measure of loving God is to love him without measure.
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God Love Loving Religious
From the best bliss that earth imparts, we turn unfilled to Thee again.
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Bliss Earth Thee
It is a fault, not a virtue, to wish your humility recognized and applauded.
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Faults Humility Wish
Therefore gird yourselves manfully and take up joyful arms for the name of God.
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Arms Joyful Names
Humility is, of all graces, the chiefest when it does not know itself to be a grace at all.
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Grace Humility Know
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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Forgiving Heart Taken
He won me over entirely by giving Himself entirely to me.
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Faith Giving Inspiration
Death is the gate of life.
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Death Dying Gates
The heart of Christ can be seen through the openings of his wounds. For what can prove to me so clearly as your wounds that you, O Lord Jesus, are sweet & mild & plenteous in mercy.
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Heart Jesus Sweet Wound
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
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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Christian Fall Heart
There is no greater misery than false joys.
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Greater Joy Misery

We are to love God for Himself, because of a twofold reason; nothing is more reasonable, nothing more profitable.

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