Bernard Of Clairvaux Quotes
Top 81 wise famous quotes and sayings by Bernard Of Clairvaux
Bernard Of Clairvaux Famous Quotes & Sayings
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He gives Himself as prize and reward: He is the refreshment of holy soul, the ransom of those in captivity.
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 him.
What does God hate or punish except self-will? Let self-will cease, and there will be no hell. On what does that fire feed except on self-will?
Learn the lesson that, if you are to do the work of a prophet, what you need is not a sceptre but a hoe.
What of the souls already released from their bodies? We believe that they are overwhelmed in that vast sea of eternal light and of luminous eternity
There are three distinct comings of the Lord of which I know: His coming to men, His coming into men, and His coming against men.
If you would know whether you have made a good confession, ask yourself I you have resolved to abandon your sins.
Inordinate love for the flesh is cruelty, because under the appearance of pleasing the body, we kill the soul.
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 grace.
True penance consists in regretting without ceasing the faults of the past, and in firmly resolving to never again commit that which is so deplorable.
The more I contemplate God, the more God looks on me. The more I pray to him, the more he thinks of me too.
I was made a sinner by deriving my being from Adam; I am made just by being washed in the blood of Christ and not by Christ's 'words and example.'
What I know of the divine sciences and the Holy Scriptures, I have learned in woods and fields. I have no other masters than the beeches and the oaks.
Grace is necessary to salvation, free will equally so - but grace in order to give salvation, free will in order to receive it.
If you concentrate hard on the state you are in, it would be suprising if you have time for anything else.
As patience leads to peace, and study to science, so are humiliations the path that leads to humility.
When God forgives a sinner who humbly confesses his sin, the devil loses his dominion over the heart he had taken.
Jesus the very thought of Thee
With sweetness fills my breast;
But sweeter far Thy face to see,
And in Thy presence rest.
With sweetness fills my breast;
But sweeter far Thy face to see,
And in Thy presence rest.
You will find something more in woods than in books. Trees and stones will teach you that which you can never learn from masters.
A saint is not someone who never sins, but one who sins less and less frequently and gets up more and more quickly.
Rest is in Him alone. Man knows no peace in the world; but he has no disturbance when he is with God.
Action and contemplation are very close companions; they live together in one house on equal terms. Martha and Mary are sisters.
The reason for loving God is God Himself. As to how He is to be loved, there is only one measure: It is immeasurable!
It is no great thing to be humble when you are brought low; but to be humble when you are praised is a great and rare attainment.
Love seeks no cause beyond itself and no fruit; it is its own fruit, its own enjoyment. I love because I love; I love in order that I may love.
You wish me to tell you why and how God should be loved. My answer is that God himself is the reason he is to be loved.
They wear themselves out in vain travail, without reaching their blessed consummation, because they delight in creatures, not in the Creator.
We are to love God for Himself, because of a twofold reason; nothing is more reasonable, nothing more profitable.