Saint Bernard Quotes

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.

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
- God
- Heart
- Kindness
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.'

Saint Bernard
- Christ
- Blood
- Sinner

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
- God
- Heart
- Devil
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
- Learn
- Teach
- Trees