France, Saint 1090 – August, 20, 1153.
Bernard of Clairvaux, O.Cist (Latin: Bernardus Claraevallensis; 1090 – 20 August 1153) was a French abbot and a major leader in the reform of Benedictine monasticism that caused the formation of the Cistercian order.
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.'
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.
I believe though I do not comprehend, and I hold by faith what I cannot grasp with the mind.
You will find something more in woods than in books. Trees and stones will teach you that which you can never learn from masters.
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