Fuller satisfaction…
Believe one who has tried, you shall find a fuller satisfaction in the woods than in the books.
— Saint Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153)
Master of spiritual life…
If anyone makes himself his own master in the spiritual life, he makes himself scholar to a fool.
— Saint Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153)
Hold by faith…
I believe though I do not comprehend, and I hold by faith what I cannot grasp with the mind.
— Saint Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153)
Every good work…
Your actions in passing, pass not away, for every good work is a grain of seed for eternal life.
— Saint Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153)
Seek for God…
Theirs is an endless road, a hopeless maze, who seek for goods before they seek for God.
— Saint Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153)
The grace of contemplation…
The grace of contemplation is granted only in response to a longing insistent desire.
— Saint Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153)
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