What I know of the divine sciences and Holy Scriptures, I learned in woods and fields. I have no other masters than… — Bernard of Clairvaux Copy Share Image
For I have learnt for a fact that nothing so effectively obtains, retains and regains grace, as that we should always be… — Bernard of Clairvaux Copy Share Image
O Blessed Mary, whoever loves you honors God; whoever serves you pleases God; whoever invokes your holy name with a pure heart… — Bernard of Clairvaux Copy Share Image
Jesus, thou joy of loving hearts, Thou fount of life, thou Light of men, From the best bliss that earth imparts We turn unfilled to Thee again. We taste Thee, O Thou living Bread, And long to feast upon Thee still: We drink of Thee, the Fountainhead, And thirst our souls from Thee to fill. O Jesus, ever with us… — Bernard of Clairvaux Copy Share
Let us not imagine that we obscure the glory of the Son by the great praise we lavish on the Mother; for… — Bernard of Clairvaux Copy Share Image
With her for guide, you shall never go astray; while invoking her, you shall never lose heart; so long as she is… — Bernard of Clairvaux Copy Share Image
What I know of the divine science and holy scripture, I learnt in the woods and fields. — Bernard of Clairvaux Copy Share Image
Slander is a poison which kills charity, both in the slanderer and the one who listens. — Bernard of Clairvaux Copy Share Image
If anyone makes himself his own master in the spiritual life, he makes himself scholar to a fool. — Bernard of Clairvaux Copy Share Image
“To shame our sins He blushed in blood; He closed His eyes to show us God; Let all the world fall down and know… — Bernard of Clairvaux Copy Share Image
I know by myself how incomprehensible God is, seeing I cannot comprehend the parts of my own being. — Bernard of Clairvaux Copy Share Image
The Christian glories in the death of a pagan, because thereby Christ himself is glorified — Bernard Of Clairvaux Copy Share Image
Let us then cast ourselves at the feet of this good Mother, and embracing them let us not depart until she blesses us, and… — Bernard of Clairvaux Copy Share Image
We are to love God for Himself, because of a twofold reason; nothing is more reasonable, nothing more profitable. — Bernard of Clairvaux Copy Share Image
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… — Bernard of Clairvaux Copy Share Image
Many appear full of mildness and sweetness as long as everything goes their own way; but the moment any contradiction or adversity arises, they are in a flame, and begin to rage like a burning mountain. Such people as these are like red-hot coals hidden under ashes. This is not the mildness which Our Lord undertook to teach us in… — Bernard of Clairvaux Copy Share
