The heart of Christ can be seen through the openings of his wounds. For what can prove to me so clearly as your wounds that you, O Lord Jesus, are sweet & mild & plenteous in mercy.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUXIt was love that motivated His self-emptying, that led Him to become a little lower than angels, to be subject to parents, to bow His head beneath the Baptist’s hands, to endure the weakness of the flesh, and to submit to death even upon the cross
More Bernard of Clairvaux Quotes
-
-
True penance consists in regretting without ceasing the faults of the past, and in firmly resolving to never again commit that which is so deplorable.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX -
So far from being able to answer for my sins, I cannot even answer for my righteousness!
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX -
Jesus, what made You so small? LOVE!
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX -
And thus communicates, without loss to itself, its superabundant water. In the Church at the present day, we have many canals, few reservoirs.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX -
There is no greater misery than false joys.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX -
Prayer is a virtue that prevaileth against all temptations.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX -
It is a fault, not a virtue, to wish your humility recognized and applauded.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX -
True love does not demand a reward, but it deserves one.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX -
Persecution shows who is a hireling, and who a true pastor.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX -
My child, seek those things which make for peace. Cease to stir up the King against the Church, and urge upon him a better course of action. If you will promise to do this, I in return promise to entreat the merciful Lord to grant you offspring.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX -
Theirs is an endless road, a hopeless maze, who seek for goods before they seek for God.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX -
The measure of love is love without measure.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX -
Humility is, of all graces, the chiefest when it does not know itself to be a grace at all.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX -
I have no other masters than the beeches and the oaks.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX -
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.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX








