Quotes by : Bernard of Clairvaux

What we love we shall grow to resemble.

He who labors as he prays lifts his heart to God with his hands.

Jesus the very thought of TheeWith sweetness fills my breast;But sweeter far Thy face to see,And in Thy....

Bring a mirror and let a dirty face recognize itself.

Many of those who are humiliated are not humble. Some react to humiliation with anger, others with patience,....

It is in the perfect union of two hearts that complete and total marriage consists.

I have ascended to the highest in me, and look, the Word is towering above that. I have descended to....

Qui me amat, amet et canem meum. (Who loves me will love my dog also.)

Neither fear nor self-interest can convert the soul. They may change the appearance, perhaps even the....

There is no greater misery than false joys.

So far from being able to answer for my sins, I cannot even answer for my righteousness!