Quotes from Bernard of Clairvaux
Our King [Jesus] is accused of treachery; it is said of him [by the Muslims] that he is not God, but that he falsely pretended to be something he was not.
— Bernard of Clairvaux
Our King [Jesus] is accused of treachery; it is said of him [by the Muslims] that he is not God, but that he falsely pretended to be something he was not.
— Bernard of Clairvaux
Your actions in passing, pass not away, for every good work is a grain of seed for eternal life.
— Bernard of Clairvaux
For I have learnt for a fact that nothing so effectively obtains, retains and regains grace, as that we should always be found not high-minded before God, but filled with holy fear.
— Bernard of Clairvaux
The reason for our loving God is God.
— Bernard of Clairvaux
As patience leads to peace, and study to science, so are humiliations the path that leads to humility.
— Bernard of Clairvaux
Therefore gird yourselves manfully and take up joyful arms for the name of God.
— Bernard of Clairvaux
Pride causes us to use our gifts as though they came from ourselves, not benefits received from God, and to usurp our benefactor's glory.
— Bernard of Clairvaux
A pretext is never lacking to him who would break with a friend.
— Bernard of Clairvaux
God will become visible as God's image is reborn in you.
— Bernard of Clairvaux
Action and contemplation are very close companions; they live together in one house on equal terms. Martha and Mary are sisters.
— Bernard of Clairvaux
What we love we shall grow to resemble.
— Bernard of Clairvaux