“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“Bring a mirror and let a dirty face recognize itself.”
Bernard of Clairvaux, Saint“He who labors as he prays lifts his heart to God with his hands.”
Bernard of Clairvaux“What we love we shall grow to resemble.”
Bernard of Clairvaux“Qui me amat, amet et canem meum. (Who loves me will love my dog also.)”
Bernard of Clairvaux“So far from being able to answer for my sins, I cannot even answer for my righteousness!”
Bernard of Clairvaux“I have ascended to the highest in me, and look, the Word is towering above that. I have descended to explore my lowest depths, and I found Him deeper still.”
Bernard of Clairvaux“It is in the perfect union of two hearts that complete and total marriage consists.”
Bernard of Clairvaux“There is no greater misery than false joys.”
Bernard of Clairvaux“It is a misery to be born a pain to live a trouble to die.”
St. Bernard of Clairvaux“Who loves me will love my dog also.”
St. Bernard of Clairvaux