144 Quotes by Bernard of Clairvaux

You wish to see; listen. Hearing is a step toward Vision.

What 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.

Death is the gate of life.

It is a fault, not a virtue, to wish your humility recognized and applauded.

The Eucharist is that love which surpasses all loves in Heaven and on earth

Slander is a poison which kills charity, both in the slanderer and the one who listens.

The peacemakers shall be called the sons of God, who came to make peace between God and man. What then shall the sowers of discord be called, but the children of the devil? And what must they look for but their father's portion?

He rightly reads scripture who turns words into deeds.

Let your prayer for temporal blessings be strictly limited to things absolutely necessary.