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One Quotes by Bernard of Clairvaux
- A truly obedient man does not discriminate between one thing and another, since his only aim is to execute faithfully whatever may be assigned to…
- Action and contemplation are very close companions; they live together in one house on equal terms. Martha and Mary are sisters.
- 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,…
- 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…
- Slander is a poison which kills charity, both in the slanderer and the one who listens.
- Let no one believe that he has received the divine kiss, if he knows the truth without loving it or loves it without understanding it.…
- It's not as if grace did one half of the work and free choice the other; each does the whole work, in its own peculiar…
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