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Bernard of Clairvaux, born in 1090 and died on August 20, 1153, was an individual of an unknown profession/category.

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“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.”

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Author:Bernard of Clairvaux

“It's not as if grace did one half of the work and free choice the other; each does the whole work, in its own peculiar contribution. Grace does the whole work, and so does free choice - with this one qualification: That whereas the whole is done in free choice, so is the whole done of grace.”

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Author:Bernard of Clairvaux

“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; if she walks before you, you shall not grow weary; if she shows you favor, you shall reach the goal.”

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Author:Bernard of Clairvaux

“If anyone makes himself his own master in the spiritual life, he makes himself scholar to a fool.”

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“And truly, O man, if you concentrate hard on the state you are in it will be surprising if you have time for anything else.”

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“Learn the lesson that, if you are to do the work of a prophet, what you need is not a sceptre but a hoe.”

Ifs Needs Lessons Prophet Hoe

Book:Saint Bernard On Consideration

Source: Saint Bernard On Consideration

“If then you are wise, you will show yourself rather as a reservoir than as a canal. For a canal spreads abroad water as it receives it, but a reservoir waits until it is filled before overflowing, and thus communicates, without loss to itself, its superabundant water. In the Church at the present day, we have many canals, few reservoirs.”

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Author:Bernard of Clairvaux

“My child, seek those things which make for peace. Cease to stir up the King against the Church, and urge upon him a better course of action. If you will promise to do this, I in return promise to entreat the merciful Lord to grant you offspring.”

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Author:Bernard of Clairvaux

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

Ifs Knows Made Asks Sin Saint Abandon Confession

Author:Bernard of Clairvaux

“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.”

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Author:Bernard of Clairvaux

“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.”

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Book:On Loving God: Selection from Sermons

Source: On Loving God: Selection from Sermons

About the Author

Born: 1090
Died: August 20, 1153
Known for: Author
Quotes: 112

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Honey and Salt: Selected Spiritual Writings of Saint Bernard of ClairvauxRelated source material

Saint Bernard on the Song of songs: Sermones in Cantica canticorumRelated source material

On Loving God: Selection from SermonsRelated source material

Cantica Canticorum: Eighty-six Sermons on the Song of SolomonRelated source material

Commentary on the Song of SongsRelated source material

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Life and Works of Saint BernardRelated source material

On ConsiderationRelated source material

Saint Bernard On ConsiderationRelated source material

Saint Bernard, Abbot of Clairvaux: Selections from His Letters, Meditations, Sermons, Hymns, and Other Writings, Rendered Into English by Horatio GrimleyRelated source material

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