"We seek for truth in ourselves; in our……" — Saint Bernard
"We seek for truth in ourselves; in our neighbours, and in its essential nature. We find it first in ourselves by severe self scrutiny, then in our neighbours by compassionate indulgence, and, finally, in its essential nature by that direct vision which belongs to the pure in heart."
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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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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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The animal kingdom is destined by nature to serve, and that service is fulfilled in alleviating the temporal and physical…
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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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