black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

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 Clairvaux

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

Engagement Love Relationship
Many of those who are humiliated are not humble. Some react to humiliation with anger, others with patience, and others with freedom. The first are culpable, the next harmless, the last just.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX

Humble Lasts Next
God 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 CLAIRVAUX

Christian Enemies Grid Kings War
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

Believe Book Nature Satisfaction Tree
Death is the gate of life.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX

Death Dying Gates
When God forgives a sinner who humbly confesses his sin, the devil loses his dominion over the heart he had taken.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX

Forgiving Heart Taken
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.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX

Fatherland Heaven Joy Memories Presence
With her for guide, you shall never go astray; while invoking her, you shall never lose heart; so long as she is in your mind, you are safe from deception; while she holds your hand, you cannot fall; under her protection you have nothing to fear.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX

Christian Fall Heart
How beautiful then is modesty and what a gem among virtues it is.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX

Beautiful Modesty Virtue
The true measure of loving God is to love him without measure.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX

God Love Loving Religious
Nay, what is worse, turning over corrupt and evil thoughts in mine heart, I thrust a dreadful offensiveness into His presence.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX

Dreadful Offensiveness Presence
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 CLAIRVAUX

Jesus Kings Said Something
Pride causes us to use our gifts as though they came from ourselves, not benefits received from God, and to usurp our benefactor’s glory.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX

Benefactor Benefits Pride Use
Do what Jesus says… what he commands through his ministers who are in the Church [see 1 Cor 6:4]. Be subject to his vicars, your leaders, not only those who are gentle and kind, but even those who are overbearing [see 1 Pt 2:18].
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX

Church Command Jesus Leader Minister
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

Believe Father Love
Pride only, the chief of all iniquities, can make us treat gifts as if they were rightful attributes of our nature, and, while receiving benefits, rob our Benefactor of His due glory.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX

Benefit Pride Receiving Recieve

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.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

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.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Bernard of Clairvaux Quotes