Bernard of Clairvaux Quotes About Saints

Quotes about: Saints

• We are to love God for Himself, because of a twofold reason; nothing is more reasonable, nothing more profitable.

  Bernard of Clairvaux

  Love, God, Faith

  Saint Bernard (of Clairvaux) (2007). “Honey and Salt: Selected Spiritual Writings of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux”, Vintage

• There are three distinct comings of the Lord of which I know: His coming to men, His coming into men, and His coming against men.

  Bernard of Clairvaux

  Men, Saint, Three

  Saint Bernard (of Clairvaux) (1985). “St. Bernard's Sermons on the Nativity”

• 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

  Regret, Past, Saint

• A truly obedient man does not discriminate between one thing and another, since his only aim is to execute faithfully whatever may be assigned to him.

  Bernard of Clairvaux

  Men, Doe, Saint

• If you would know whether you have made a good confession, ask yourself I you have resolved to abandon your sins.

  Bernard of Clairvaux

  Saint, Sin, Confession

• Thus understanding and love, that is, the knowledge of and delight in the truth, are, as it were, the two arms of the soul, with which it embraces and comprehends with all the saints the length and breath, the height and depth, that is the eternity, the love, the goodness, and the wisdom of God.

  Bernard of Clairvaux

  Two, Understanding, Soul

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