What does God hate or punish except self-will? Let self-will cease, and there will be no hell. On what does that fire feed except on self-will?
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUXWhat does God hate or punish except self-will? Let self-will cease, and there will be no hell. On what does that fire feed except on self-will?
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUXTheirs is an endless road, a hopeless maze, who seek for goods before they seek for God.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUXPrayer is a virtue that prevaileth against all temptations.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUXPrayer is a wine which makes glad the heart of man
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUXWhen God forgives a sinner who humbly confesses his sin, the devil loses his dominion over the heart he had taken.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUXIngratitude 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.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUXThere are three distinct comings of the Lord of which I know: His coming to men, His coming into men, and His coming against men.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUXThe rivers of Grace cannot flow uphill, up the steep cliff of the proud man’s heart.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUXAmong us on the earth there is His memory; but in the Kingdom of heaven His very Presence. That Presence is the joy of those who have already attained to beatitude; the memory is the comfort of us who are still wayfarers, journeying towards the Fatherland.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUXUnderstanding is the sure and clear knowledge of some invisible thing.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUXGod has aroused the spirit of kings and princes to root up from the earth the enemies of the Christian name. Therefore gird yourselves manfully and take up joyful arms for the name of Christ.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUXWhat I know of the divine sciences and Holy Scriptures, I learned in woods and fields. I have no other masters than the beeches and the oaks.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUXSlander is a poison which kills charity, both in the slanderer and the one who listens.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUXLearn the lesson that, if you are to do the work of a prophet, what you need is not a sceptre but a hoe.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUXLet us not imagine that we obscure the glory of the Son by the great praise we lavish on the Mother; for the more she is honored, the greater is the glory of her Son. There can be no doubt that whatever we say in praise of the Mother gives equal praise to the Son.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUXWhat we love we shall grow to resemble.
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