Bernard of Clairvaux
Bernard of Clairvaux
Bernard of Clairvaux, O.Cistwas a French abbot and the primary reformer for the Cistercian order...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionClergyman
CountryFrance
creative grows
What we love we shall grow to resemble.
believe all-things
All things are possible to one who believes.
mazes stewardship financial
Theirs is an endless road, a hopeless maze, who seek for goods before they seek for God.
charity poison slander
Slander is a poison which kills charity, both in the slanderer and the one who listens.
nature book believe
Believe one who has tried, you shall find a fuller satisfaction in the woods than in the books. The trees and the rocks will teach you that which you cannot hear from the masters.
catholic saint god-love
We are to love God for Himself, because of a twofold reason; nothing is more reasonable, nothing more profitable.
humility wish faults
It is a fault, not a virtue, to wish your humility recognized and applauded.
selfish men greed
Neither fear nor self-interest can convert the soul. They may change the appearance, perhaps even the conduct, but never the object of supreme desire... Fear is the motive which constrains the slave; greed binds the selfish man, by which he is tempted when he is drawn away by his own lust and enticed (James 1:14). But neither fear nor self-interest is undefiled, nor can they convert the soul. Only charity can convert the soul, freeing it from unworthy motives.
hoe lessons needs
Learn the lesson that, if you are to do the work of a prophet, what you need is not a sceptre but a hoe.
vision wish steps
You wish to see; listen. Hearing is a step toward Vision.
saint sin confession
If you would know whether you have made a good confession, ask yourself I you have resolved to abandon your sins.
children father son
The peacemakers shall be called the sons of God, who came to make peace between God and man. What then shall the sowers of discord be called, but the children of the devil? And what must they look for but their father's portion?
heaven earth eucharist
The Eucharist is that love which surpasses all loves in Heaven and on earth
thinking looks praying
The more I contemplate God, the more God looks on me. The more I pray to him, the more he thinks of me too.