Our King [Jesus] is accused of treachery; it is said of him [by the Muslims] that he is not God, but that he falsely pretended to be something he was not.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUXOur King [Jesus] is accused of treachery; it is said of him [by the Muslims] that he is not God, but that he falsely pretended to be something he was not.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUXSlander is a poison which kills charity, both in the slanderer and the one who listens.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUXJesus to me is honey in the mouth, music in the ear, a song in the heart.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUXLet Thy glances fall.Thy cross of agony,My Beloved, look on me;Turn me wholly unto Thee;”Be thou whole,” say openly:”I forgive thee all.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUXHell is full of good wishes or desires.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUXWe are to love God for Himself, because of a twofold reason; nothing is more reasonable, nothing more profitable.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUXThere 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 CLAIRVAUXIf 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.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUXThere is no greater misery than false joys.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUXFor I have learnt for a fact that nothing so effectively obtains, retains and regains grace, as that we should always be found not high-minded before God, but filled with holy fear.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUXI have no other masters than the beeches and the oaks.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUXThe 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 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 CLAIRVAUXVines and trees will teach you that which you will never learn from masters.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUXA pretext is never lacking to him who would break with a friend.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUXInordinate love for the flesh is cruelty, because under the appearance of pleasing the body, we kill the soul.
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