Bernard of Clairvaux Quotes About Love

Quotes about: Love

• The measure of love is love without measure.

  Bernard of Clairvaux

  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

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

  Bernard of Clairvaux

  Love, Relationship, Engagement

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

• We are to love God for Himself, because of a twofold reason; nothing is more reasonable, nothing more profitable.

  Bernard of Clairvaux

  Love, God, Faith

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

• What we love we shall grow to resemble.

  Bernard of Clairvaux

  Love, Creative, Grows

• Love seeks no cause beyond itself and no fruit; it is its own fruit, its own enjoyment. I love because I love; I love in order that I may love.

  Bernard of Clairvaux

  Love, Order, May

• Love me, love my dog.

  Bernard of Clairvaux

  Love, Wisdom, Dog

  Bernard of Clairvaux (2016). “Sermons for the Autumn Season: Sermons for the Autumn Season”, p.93, Liturgical Press

• Learn first to love yourself, and then you can love me.

  Bernard of Clairvaux

  Love, Learning, Firsts

  "St. Bernard of Clairvaux: Seen Through His Selected Letters".

• Let no one believe that he has received the divine kiss, if he knows the truth without loving it or loves it without understanding it. But blessed is that kiss whereby not only is God recognized but also the Father is loved; for there is never full knowledge without perfect love.

  Bernard of Clairvaux

  Love, Father, Believe

• Love is alone sufficient by itself, it pleases by itself and for it's own sake. It is itself a merit, and itself it's own recompense. It seeks neither cause, nor consequences beyond itself. It is its own fruit, its own object and usefulness. I love because I love you, I love that I may love.

  Bernard of Clairvaux

  Love, May, Sake

  Saint Bernard (of Clairvaux) (1895). “Cantica Canticorum: Eighty-six Sermons on the Song of Solomon”

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