Bernard of Clairvaux Quotes

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• There are those who seek knowledge for the sake of knowledge; that is curiosity. There are those who seek knowledge to be known by others; that is vanity. There are those who seek knowledge in order to serve; that is Love.

  Bernard of Clairvaux

  Inspirational, Life, Vanity

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• God will either give us what we ask, or what He knows to be better for us.

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  Giving, Gods Will, Knows

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• The three most important virtues are humility, humility, and humility.

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  Humility, Important, Three

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• The measure of love is love without measure.

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  Love, Inspirational, Love Is

  Saint Bernard (of Clairvaux), William (of Saint-Thierry, Abbot of Saint-Thierry), Saint Aelred (of Rievaulx) (1983). “The love of God, and spiritual friendship”, Multnomah Pub

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• What we love we shall grow to resemble.

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  Love, Creative, Grows

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• If then you are wise, you will show yourself rather as a reservoir than as a canal. For a canal spreads abroad water as it receives it, but a reservoir waits until it is filled before overflowing, and thus communicates, without loss to itself, its superabundant water. In the Church at the present day, we have many canals, few reservoirs.

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  Wise, Loss, Water

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• Ingratitude is the soul's enemy... Ingratitude is a burning wind that dries up the source of love, the dew of mercy, the streams of grace.

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  Wind, Grace, Soul

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• We find rest in those we love, and we provide a resting place in ourselves for those who love us.

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  Love, Relationship, Engagement

  Saint Bernard (of Clairvaux) (1953). “St. Bernard of Clairvaux: Seen Through His Selected Letters”

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• O Blessed Mary, whoever loves you honors God; whoever serves you pleases God; whoever invokes your holy name with a pure heart will infallibly receive the object of his petition.

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  Blessed, Love You, Heart

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• Jesus to me is honey in the mouth, music in the ear, a song in the heart.

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  Song, Jesus, Heart

  Saint Bernard of Clairvaux (2012). “Commentary on the Song of Songs”, p.100, Jazzybee Verlag

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• With her for guide, you shall never go astray; while invoking her, you shall never lose heart; so long as she is in your mind, you are safe from deception; while she holds your hand, you cannot fall; under her protection you have nothing to fear; if she walks before you, you shall not grow weary; if she shows you favor, you shall reach the goal.

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  Christian, Fall, Heart

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• Action and contemplation are very close companions; they live together in one house on equal terms. Martha and Mary are sisters.

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  House, Catholic, Together

  Saint Bernard (of Clairvaux) (1952). “Saint Bernard on the Song of songs: Sermones in Cantica canticorum”

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• there are four degrees of love: 1) Love of self for self's sake. 2) Love of God for self's sake. 3) Love of God for God's own sake. 4) Love of self for God's sake.

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  Heart, Self, Soul

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• All things are possible to one who believes.

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  Believe, All Things

  Saint Bernard (of Clairvaux) (2007). “Honey and Salt: Selected Spiritual Writings of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux”, Vintage

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• Wherever...thou shalt be, pray secretly within thyself. If thou shalt be far from a house of prayer, give not thyself trouble to seek for one, for thou thyself art a sanctuary designed for prayer. If thou shalt be in bed, or in any other place, pray there; thy temple is there.

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  Christian, Art, Prayer

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• God will become visible as God's image is reborn in you.

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  Spirituality, Reborn, Gods Will

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• Expect much of God, and he will do much for you.

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• You wish to see; listen. Hearing is a step toward Vision.

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  Listening, Vision, Wish

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• Spiritual life is like living water that springs up from the very depths of our own spiritual experience. In spiritual life everyone has to drink from his or her own well.

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  Spiritual, Spring, Water

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• The more I contemplate God, the more God looks on me. The more I pray to him, the more he thinks of me too.

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  Thinking, Looks, Praying

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• The Eucharist is that love which surpasses all loves in Heaven and on earth

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  Heaven, Earth, Eucharist

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• The rivers of Grace cannot flow uphill, up the steep cliff of the proud man's heart.

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  Heart, Men, Rivers

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• Many appear full of mildness and sweetness as long as everything goes their own way; but the moment any contradiction or adversity arises, they are in a flame, and begin to rage like a burning mountain. Such people as these are like red-hot coals hidden under ashes. This is not the mildness which Our Lord undertook to teach us in order to make us like unto Himself.

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  Anger, Adversity, Flames

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• It is no great thing to be humble when you are brought low; but to be humble when you are praised is a great and rare attainment.

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  Humble, Humility, Lows

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• Learn the lesson that, if you are to do the work of a prophet, what you need is not a sceptre but a hoe.

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  Hoe, Needs, Lessons

  Saint Bernard (of Clairvaux) (1908). “Saint Bernard On Consideration”

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