Quote

For 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 Clairvaux

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Bernard of Clairvaux
Abbot
Hymnwriter
Mystic
Philosopher
Religious
Theologian
Writer
Saint Bernard of Clairvaux
Saint Bernard
St. Bernard of Clairvaux
St. Bernard
Bernhard
Fear
Learnt
Facts
Effectively
Found
Minded
Nothing
Filled
Always
Holy
Grace
Regains
High
Obtains
Fact
Retains

More quotes by Bernard of Clairvaux

Image
Learn 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 Clairvaux
Image
It is a fault, not a virtue, to wish your humility recognized and applauded.
Bernard of Clairvaux
Image
True love does not demand a reward, but it deserves one.
Bernard of Clairvaux
Image
To serve Mary is a mark of eternal salvation to come.
Bernard of Clairvaux
Image
Wherever...thou shalt be, pray secretly within thyself. If thou shalt be far from a house of prayer, give not thyself trouble to seek for one, for thou thyself art a sanctuary designed for prayer. If thou shalt be in bed, or in any other place, pray there thy temple is there.
Bernard of Clairvaux
Image
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
Image
The more I contemplate God, the more God looks on me. The more I pray to him, the more he thinks of me too.
Bernard of Clairvaux
Image
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
Image
The tears of those repenting are the wine of angels.
Bernard of Clairvaux
Image
He rightly reads scripture who turns words into deeds.
Bernard of Clairvaux
Image
Slander is a poison which kills charity, both in the slanderer and the one who listens.
Bernard of Clairvaux
Image
True penance consists in regretting without ceasing the faults of the past, and in firmly resolving to never again commit that which is so deplorable.
Bernard of Clairvaux
Image
Therefore gird yourselves manfully and take up joyful arms for the name of God.
Bernard of Clairvaux
Image
The measure of love is love without measure.
Bernard of Clairvaux
Image
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
Image
Humility in furs is better than pride in tunics.
Bernard of Clairvaux
Image
If anyone makes himself his own master in the spiritual life, he makes himself scholar to a fool.
Bernard of Clairvaux
Image
Prayer is a virtue that prevaileth against all temptations.
Bernard of Clairvaux
Image
There are some who wish to learn for no other reason than that they may be looked upon as learned, which is ridiculous vanity ... Others desire to learn that they may morally instruct others, that is love. And, lastly, there are some who wish to learn that they may be themselves edified and that is prudence.
Bernard of Clairvaux
Image
My burden is light, said the blessed Redeemer, a light burden indeed, which carries him that bears it. I have looked through all nature for a resemblance of this, and seem to find a shadow of it in the wings of a bird, which are indeed borne by the creature, and yet support her flight towards heaven.
Bernard of Clairvaux