Bernard of Clairvaux Quotes
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We cannot both preach and administer financial matters.
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We read for instruction, for correction, and for consolation.
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No religion which is narrow and which cannot satisfy the test of reason, will survive the coming reconstruction of society in which the values will have changed and character, not possession of wealth, title or birth, will be the test of merit.
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Do you wish to find out the really sublime? Repeat the Lord's Prayer.
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I have seen better faces in my time Than stands on any shoulder that I see Before me at this instant.
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It is one of the great troubles of life that we cannot have any unmixed emotions. There is always something in our enemy that we like, and something in our sweetheart that we dislike.
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The first thing necessary to win the heart of a woman is opportunity.
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Short putts are missed because it is not physically possible to make the little ball travel over uncertain ground for three or four feet with any degree of regularity.
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A man is not little when he finds it difficult to cope with circumstances, but when circumstances overmaster him.
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I was almost persuaded to be a Christian. I thought I never again could be thoughtless and worldly. But I soon forgot my morning prayer or else it was irksome to me. One by one my old habits returned and I cared less for religion than ever.
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The red-carpet thing of premieres and parties is probably my least favourite part of my job.
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The superior man is not seeking fulfillment through work and woman, because he is already full. For him, work and intimacy are opportunities to give his gifts, and to be vanished in the bliss of giving.
