If anyone makes himself his own master in the spiritual life, he makes himself scholar to a fool. — Bernard of Clairvaux Copy Share Image
Your actions in passing, pass not away, for every good work is a grain of seed for eternal life. — Bernard of Clairvaux Copy Share Image
“To have a restful or peaceful life in God is good; to bear a life of pain in patience is better; but… — Bernard of Clairvaux Copy Share Image
Spiritual life is like living water that springs up from the very depths of our own spiritual experience. In spiritual life everyone… — Bernard of Clairvaux Copy Share Image
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
There are those who seek knowledge for the sake of knowledge; that is curiosity. There are those who seek knowledge to be… — Bernard of Clairvaux Copy Share Image
Death is the gate of life. Ingratitude is the soul's enemy... Ingratitude is a burning wind that dries up the source of… — Bernard of Clairvaux Copy Share Image
“The man who is wise, therefore, will see his life as more like a reservoir than a canal. The canal simultaneously pours… — 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… — 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… — Bernard of Clairvaux Copy Share Image
