"The animal kingdom is destined by nature to……" — Saint Bernard
"The animal kingdom is destined by nature to serve, and that service is fulfilled in alleviating the temporal and physical needs of man; the animal spirit or soul is limited by time - it dies with the body."
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13 Quotes by Saint Bernard
Saint Bernard has 13 quotes on this site.
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Truly, love is delightful and pleasant food, supplying, as it does, rest to the weary, strength to the weak, and…
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We seek for truth in ourselves; in our neighbours, and in its essential nature. We find it first in ourselves…
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A man who prides himself on being better than his fellow-men thinks it a disgrace if he does not do…
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Even the holy men who lived before the coming of Christ understood that God had in mind plans of peace…
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The impudence of the sinner displeases God as much as the modesty of the penitent gives him pleasure.
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God removes the sin of the one who makes humble confession, and thereby the devil loses the sovereignty he had…
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I myself, however wretched I may be, have been occasionally privileged to sit at the feet of the Lord Jesus,…
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Who is there that can adequately gauge the greatness of the humility, gentleness, self-surrender, revealed by the Lord of majesty…
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Charity never lacks what is her own, all that she needs for her own security. Not alone does she have…
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Christian, learn from Christ how you ought to love Christ. Learn a love that is tender, wise, strong; love with…
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You will find something more in woods than in books. Trees and stones will teach you that which you can…
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I believe though I do not comprehend, and I hold by faith what I cannot grasp with the mind.
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