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
From the best bliss that earth imparts, we turn unfilled to Thee again. — Bernard of Clairvaux Copy Share Image
Believe one who has tried, you shall find a fuller satisfaction in the woods than in the books. The trees and the… — Bernard of Clairvaux Copy Share Image
God has aroused the spirit of kings and princes to root up from the earth the enemies of the Christian name. Therefore… — Bernard of Clairvaux Copy Share Image
Pride only, the chief of all iniquities, can make us treat gifts as if they were rightful attributes of our nature, and,… — Bernard of Clairvaux Copy Share Image
The Eucharist is that love which surpasses all loves in Heaven and on earth — Bernard of Clairvaux Copy Share Image
Among us on the earth there is His memory; but in the Kingdom of heaven His very Presence. That Presence is the… — 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
