The piercing nail has become a key to unlock the door, that I may see the good will of the Lord. And what can I see as I look through the hole?
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.
More Bernard of Clairvaux Quotes
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There is no greater misery than false joys.
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Vines and trees will teach you that which you will never learn from masters.
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Among 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.
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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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I know by myself how incomprehensible God is, seeing I cannot comprehend the parts of my own being.
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It is a fault, not a virtue, to wish your humility recognized and applauded.
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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.
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The Eucharist is that love which surpasses all loves in Heaven and on earth
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Let 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.
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We are to love God for Himself, because of a twofold reason; nothing is more reasonable, nothing more profitable.
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I have no other masters than the beeches and the oaks.
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Learn first to love yourself, and then you can love me.
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How beautiful then is modesty and what a gem among virtues it is.
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Humility is, of all graces, the chiefest when it does not know itself to be a grace at all.
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From the best bliss that earth imparts, we turn unfilled to Thee again.
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