Among us on the earth there is His memory; but in the Kingdom of heaven His very Presence. That Presence is the joy of those who have already attained to beatitude; the memory is the comfort of us who are still wayfarers, journeying towards the Fatherland.

— Bernard of Clairvaux

Bernard of Clairvaux Quotes

The reason for our loving God is God.

— Bernard of Clairvaux

Let us not imagine that we obscure the glory of the Son by the great praise we lavish on the Mother; for the more she is honored, the greater is the glory of her Son. There can be no doubt that whatever we say in praise of the Mother gives equal praise to the Son.

— Bernard of Clairvaux

First learn to love yourself, and then you can love me.

— Bernard of Clairvaux

The tears of those repenting are the wine of angels.

— Bernard of Clairvaux

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

What of the souls already released from their bodies? We believe that they are overwhelmed in that vast sea of eternal light and of luminous eternity.

— Bernard of Clairvaux

God has aroused the spirit of kings and princes to root up from the earth the enemies of the Christian name. Therefore gird yourselves manfully and take up joyful arms for the name of Christ.

— Bernard of Clairvaux

God will become visible as God’s image is reborn in you.

— Bernard of Clairvaux

I have no other masters than the beeches and the oaks.

— Bernard of Clairvaux

From the best bliss that earth imparts, we turn unfilled to Thee again.

— Bernard of Clairvaux

Let us then cast ourselves at the feet of this good Mother, and embracing them let us not depart until she blesses us, and accepts us for her children.

— Bernard of Clairvaux

Prayer is a wine which makes glad the heart of man.

— Bernard of Clairvaux

Persecution shows who is a hireling, and who a true pastor.

— Bernard of Clairvaux

Vines and trees will teach you that which you will never learn from masters.

— Bernard of Clairvaux

Nothing can work me damage except myself.

— 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.

— Bernard of Clairvaux

Humility in furs is better than pride in tunics.

— Bernard of Clairvaux

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.

— Bernard of Clairvaux

Whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord’s.

— Bernard of Clairvaux

Humility is, of all graces, the chiefest when it does not know itself to be a grace at all.

— Bernard of Clairvaux
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