Bernard of Clairvaux
Bernard of Clairvaux
Bernard of Clairvaux, O.Cistwas a French abbot and the primary reformer for the Cistercian order...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionClergyman
CountryFrance
love may sake
Love is alone sufficient by itself, it pleases by itself and for it's own sake. It is itself a merit, and itself it's own recompense. It seeks neither cause, nor consequences beyond itself. It is its own fruit, its own object and usefulness. I love because I love you, I love that I may love.
blessed love-you heart
O Blessed Mary, whoever loves you honors God; whoever serves you pleases God; whoever invokes your holy name with a pure heart will infallibly receive the object of his petition.
love firsts love-you
First learn to love yourself, and then you can love me.
wisdom dog love-my-dog
Love me, love my dog.
dog i-love-my-dog love-my-dog
Who loves me will love my dog also.
love father believe
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.
catholic saint god-love
We are to love God for Himself, because of a twofold reason; nothing is more reasonable, nothing more profitable.
love order may
Love seeks no cause beyond itself and no fruit; it is its own fruit, its own enjoyment. I love because I love; I love in order that I may love.
religious religious-love loving-god
The true measure of loving God is to love him without measure.
love inspirational love-is
The measure of love is love without measure.
christ sinner washed
I was made a sinner by deriving my being from Adam; I am made just by being washed in the blood of Christ and not by Christ's 'words and example.'
furs lacking people surely
There are people who go clad in tunics and have nothing to do with furs, who nevertheless are lacking in humility. Surely humility in furs is better than pride in tunics.
answer god himself
You wish me to tell you why and how God should be loved. My answer is that God himself is the reason he is to be loved.
spirituality reborn gods-will
God will become visible as God's image is reborn in you.