"Therefore my advice to you, friends,
is to turn aside from troubled and anxious reflection
on your own progress,
and escape to the easier paths of remembering the
good things God has done.
In this way, instead of becoming upset by thinking
about yourself,
you will find relief by turning your attention to
God....
Sorrow for sin is indeed a necessary thing,
but it should not prevail all the time.
On the contrary, it is necessary that happier
reflections of God's generosity
should counterbalance it,
lest the heart should become hardened through too
much sadness and so perish through despair."
- Bernard of Clairvaux (The Way of Simplicity, Esther De Waal)
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