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What we love we grow to resemble." - Bernard of Clairvaux — Ruth Harvey

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 Thee
With 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 divine
science 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