We seek for truth in ourselves; in our neighbours, and in its essential nature. We find it first in ourselves by severe self scrutiny, then in our neighbours by compassionate indulgence, and, finally, in its essential nature by that direct vision which belongs to the pure in heart. Saint Bernard Read Quote
Sorrow for sin is indeed necessary, but it should not be an endless preoccupation. You must dwell also on the glad remembrance of God’s loving-kindness; otherwise, sadness will harden the heart and lead it more deeply into despair. Saint Bernard Read Quote
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. Saint Bernard Read Quote
You will find something more in woods than in books. Trees and stones will teach you that which you can never learn from masters. Saint Bernard Read Quote
Humility is a good estate; founded thereon, the whole spiritual edifice grows into a holy temple in the Lord. Through humility, some have even possessed the gates of their enemies. For which of the virtues is so mighty to subdue the pride of demons and the tyranny of men? Saint Bernard Read Quote
Learn the lesson that, if you are to do the work of a prophet, what you want is not a sceptre, but a hoe. The prophet does not rise to reign, but to root out the weeds. Saint Bernard Read Quote
I believe though I do not comprehend, and I hold by faith what I cannot grasp with the mind. Saint Bernard Read Quote
God removes the sin of the one who makes humble confession, and thereby the devil loses the sovereignty he had gained over the human heart. Saint Bernard Read Quote
