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Jesus, what made You so small? LOVE!
— Bernard Of Clairvaux
He gives Himself as prize and reward: He is the refreshment of holy soul, the ransom of those in captivity.
— 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 him.
— Bernard Of Clairvaux
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?
— Bernard Of Clairvaux
Whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord's.
— Bernard Of Clairvaux
Learn the lesson that, if you are to do the work of a prophet, what you need is not a sceptre but a hoe.
— Bernard Of Clairvaux
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
— Bernard Of Clairvaux
Let your prayer for temporal blessings be strictly limited to things absolutely necessary.
— Bernard Of Clairvaux
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.
— Bernard Of Clairvaux
If you would know whether you have made a good confession, ask yourself I you have resolved to abandon your sins.
— Bernard Of Clairvaux
You wish to see; listen. Hearing is a step toward Vision.
— Bernard Of Clairvaux
If anyone makes himself his own master in the spiritual life, he makes himself scholar to a fool.
— Bernard Of Clairvaux
So far from being able to answer for my sins, I cannot even answer for my righteousness!
— Bernard Of Clairvaux
The true measure of loving God is to love him without measure.
— Bernard Of Clairvaux
Inordinate love for the flesh is cruelty, because under the appearance of pleasing the body, we kill the soul.
— 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 grace.
— Bernard Of Clairvaux
Understanding is the sure and clear knowledge of some invisible thing.
— Bernard Of Clairvaux
Have death always before your eyes as a salutary means of returning to God.
— Bernard Of Clairvaux
Love me, love my dog.
— Bernard Of Clairvaux
How beautiful then is modesty and what a gem among virtues it is.
— Bernard Of Clairvaux
The tears of those repenting are the wine of angels.
— Bernard Of Clairvaux
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.
— Bernard Of Clairvaux
Therefore gird yourselves manfully and take up joyful arms for the name of God.
— Bernard Of Clairvaux
The reason for our loving God is God.
— Bernard Of Clairvaux
The more I contemplate God, the more God looks on me. The more I pray to him, the more he thinks of me too.
— Bernard Of Clairvaux
Bring a mirror and let a dirty face recognize itself.
— Bernard Of Clairvaux, Saint
I know by myself how incomprehensible God is, seeing I cannot comprehend the parts of my own being.
— Bernard Of Clairvaux
Jesus the very thought of TheeWith sweetness fills my breast;
But sweeter far Thy face to see,
And in Thy presence rest. — Bernard Of Clairvaux
Grace is necessary to salvation, free will equally so - but grace in order to give salvation, free will in order to receive it.
— Bernard Of Clairvaux
The measure of love is love without measure.
— Bernard Of Clairvaux
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.
— Bernard Of Clairvaux
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.'
— Bernard Of Clairvaux
Prayer is a virtue that prevaileth against all temptations.
— Bernard Of Clairvaux
Slander is a poison which kills charity, both in the slanderer and the one who listens.
— Bernard Of Clairvaux
When God forgives a sinner who humbly confesses his sin, the devil loses his dominion over the heart he had taken.
— Bernard Of Clairvaux
To serve Mary is a mark of eternal salvation to come.
— Bernard Of Clairvaux
It is in the perfect union of two hearts that complete and total marriage consists.
— Bernard Of Clairvaux
We find rest in those we love, and we provide a resting place in ourselves for those who love us.
— Bernard Of Clairvaux
What we love we shall grow to resemble.
— Bernard Of Clairvaux
The Eucharist is that love which surpasses all loves in Heaven and on earth
— Bernard Of Clairvaux
You will find something more in woods than in books. Trees and stones will teach you that which you can never learn from masters.
— Bernard Of Clairvaux
Death is the gate of life.
— Bernard Of Clairvaux
Who loves me will love my dog also.
— Bernard Of Clairvaux
He rightly reads scripture who turns words into deeds.
— Bernard Of Clairvaux
If you concentrate hard on the state you are in, it would be suprising if you have time for anything else.
— Bernard Of Clairvaux
God will either give us what we ask, or what He knows to be better for us.
— Bernard Of Clairvaux
As patience leads to peace, and study to science, so are humiliations the path that leads to humility.
— Bernard Of Clairvaux
Expect much of God, and he will do much for you.
— Bernard Of Clairvaux
The rivers of Grace cannot flow uphill, up the steep cliff of the proud man's heart.
— Bernard Of Clairvaux
Your actions in passing, pass not away, for every good work is a grain of seed for eternal life.
— Bernard Of Clairvaux
From the best bliss that earth imparts, we turn unfilled to Thee again.
— Bernard Of Clairvaux
Qui me amat, amet et canem meum. (Who loves me will love my dog also.)
— Bernard Of Clairvaux
The three most important virtues are humility, humility, and humility.
— Bernard Of Clairvaux
True love does not demand a reward, but it deserves one.
— Bernard Of Clairvaux
A saint is not someone who never sins, but one who sins less and less frequently and gets up more and more quickly.
— Bernard Of Clairvaux
He won me over entirely by giving Himself entirely to me.
— Bernard Of Clairvaux
Rest is in Him alone. Man knows no peace in the world; but he has no disturbance when he is with God.
— Bernard Of Clairvaux
Hell is full of good wishes or desires.
— Bernard Of Clairvaux
Jesus to me is honey in the mouth, music in the ear, a song in the heart,
— Bernard Of Clairvaux
First learn to love yourself, and then you can love me.
— Bernard Of Clairvaux
There is no greater misery than false joys.
— Bernard Of Clairvaux
Vines and trees will teach you that which you will never learn from masters.
— Bernard Of Clairvaux
Humility is, of all graces , the chiefest when it does not know itself to be a grace at all.
— Bernard Of Clairvaux
Theirs is an endless road, a hopeless maze, who seek for goods before they seek for God.
— Bernard Of Clairvaux
Love of Mary and devotion to her are a sure sign of obtaining eternal salvation.
— Bernard Of Clairvaux
hell is full of good wishes and desires.
— Bernard Of Clairvaux
Action and contemplation are very close companions; they live together in one house on equal terms. Martha and Mary are sisters.
— Bernard Of Clairvaux
The reason for loving God is God Himself. As to how He is to be loved, there is only one measure: It is immeasurable!
— Bernard Of Clairvaux
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.
— Bernard Of Clairvaux
It is a fault, not a virtue, to wish your humility recognized and applauded.
— Bernard Of Clairvaux
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.
— Bernard Of Clairvaux
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.
— Bernard Of Clairvaux
They wear themselves out in vain travail, without reaching their blessed consummation, because they delight in creatures, not in the Creator.
— Bernard Of Clairvaux
God will become visible as God's image is reborn in you.
— Bernard Of Clairvaux
Prayer is a wine which makes glad the heart of man
— Bernard Of Clairvaux
Action and contemplation are ...
— Bernard Of Clairvaux
Persecution shows who is a hireling, and who a true pastor.
— Bernard Of Clairvaux
We are to love God for Himself, because of a twofold reason; nothing is more reasonable, nothing more profitable.
— Bernard Of Clairvaux
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.
— Bernard Of Clairvaux
What I know of the divinescience and holy scripture,
I learnt in the woods and fields. — Bernard Of Clairvaux
A pretext is never lacking to him who would break with a friend.
— Bernard Of Clairvaux
All things are possible to one who believes.
— Bernard Of Clairvaux