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> [Pride causes us to use our gifts as though they came from ourselves, not benefits received from God, and to usurp our benefactor's glory.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-of-clairvaux/pride-causes-us-to-use-our-gifts-as-though-they-came-from-ourselves/)

[Bernard of Clairvaux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-of-clairvaux/)

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> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-of-clairvaux/pride-only-the-chief-of-all-iniquities-can-make-us-treat-gifts-as-if/)

[Bernard of Clairvaux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-of-clairvaux/)

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## Other authors on Benefactors

- [Ralph Waldo Emerson 10 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/benefactors/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

## More by Bernard of Clairvaux

> [Slander is a poison which kills charity, both in the slanderer and the one who listens.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-of-clairvaux/slander-is-a-poison-which-kills-charity-both-in-the-slanderer-and-the/)

[Bernard of Clairvaux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-of-clairvaux/)

> [If anyone makes himself his own master in the spiritual life, he makes himself scholar to a fool.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-of-clairvaux/if-anyone-makes-himself-his-own-master-in-the-spiritual-life-he-makes/)

[Bernard of Clairvaux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-of-clairvaux/)

> [“To shame our sins He blushed in blood; He closed His eyes to show us God; Let all the world fall down and know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-of-clairvaux/to-shame-our-sins-he-blushed-in-blood-he-closed-his-eyes-to-show-us/)

[Bernard of Clairvaux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-of-clairvaux/)

> [I know by myself how incomprehensible God is, seeing I cannot comprehend the parts of my own being.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-of-clairvaux/i-know-by-myself-how-incomprehensible-god-is-seeing-i-cannot/)

[Bernard of Clairvaux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-of-clairvaux/)

> [The tears of those repenting are the wine of angels.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-of-clairvaux/the-tears-of-those-repenting-are-the-wine-of-angels/)

[Bernard of Clairvaux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-of-clairvaux/)

> [The Christian glories in the death of a pagan, because thereby Christ himself is glorified](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-of-clairvaux/the-christian-glories-in-the-death-of-a-pagan-because-thereby-christ/)

[Bernard Of Clairvaux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-of-clairvaux/)

> [Let us then cast ourselves at the feet of this good Mother, and embracing them let us not depart until she blesses us, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-of-clairvaux/let-us-then-cast-ourselves-at-the-feet-of-this-good-mother-and/)

[Bernard of Clairvaux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-of-clairvaux/)

> [We are to love God for Himself, because of a twofold reason; nothing is more reasonable, nothing more profitable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-of-clairvaux/we-are-to-love-god-for-himself-because-of-a-twofold-reason-nothing-is/)

[Bernard of Clairvaux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-of-clairvaux/)

> [Who loves me will love my dog also.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-of-clairvaux/who-loves-me-will-love-my-dog-also/)

[Bernard of Clairvaux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-of-clairvaux/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-of-clairvaux/ingratitude-is-the-soul-s-enemy-ingratitude-is-a-burning-wind-that/)

[Bernard of Clairvaux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-of-clairvaux/)

> [Many appear full of mildness and sweetness as long as everything goes their own way; but the moment any contradiction or adversity arises, they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-of-clairvaux/many-appear-full-of-mildness-and-sweetness-as-long-as-everything-goes/)

[Bernard of Clairvaux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-of-clairvaux/)

> [To serve Mary is a mark of eternal salvation to come.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-of-clairvaux/to-serve-mary-is-a-mark-of-eternal-salvation-to-come/)

[Bernard of Clairvaux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-of-clairvaux/)

> [Inordinate love for the flesh is cruelty, because under the appearance of pleasing the body, we kill the soul.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-of-clairvaux/inordinate-love-for-the-flesh-is-cruelty-because-under-the-appearance/)

[Bernard of Clairvaux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-of-clairvaux/)

> [What I know of the divine sciences and Holy Scriptures, I learned in woods and fields. I have no other masters than the beeches…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-of-clairvaux/what-i-know-of-the-divine-sciences-and-holy-scriptures-i-learned-in/)

[Bernard of Clairvaux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-of-clairvaux/)

> [Humility in furs is better than pride in tunics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-of-clairvaux/humility-in-furs-is-better-than-pride-in-tunics/)

[Bernard of Clairvaux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-of-clairvaux/)

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