Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153), Page: Quotes, Quote Author
It was love that motivated His self-emptying, that led Him to become a little lower than angels, to be subject to parents, to bow His head beneath the Baptist’s hands, to endure the weakness of the flesh, and to submit to death even upon the cross. –Saint Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153)
Page: Quotes, Quote Topic, Struggle (with Sin)
Arm yourself with prayer rather than a sword; wear humility rather than fine clothes.
–Saint Dominic de Guzman (1170-1221)
Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153), Detachment, Page: Quotes, Possessions, Quote Author
Suppose you saw a starving man inhaling great deep breaths, filling his cheeks with wind to stay his hunger; would you not call him mad? And it is just as mad to think that blowing yourself out with earthly goods can satisfy your hunger.
–Saint Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153)
Johannes Tauler (c. 1300-1361), Page: Quotes, Quote Author
These clerical individuals merit especially severe punishment when they are hard of heart and disbelieving, because it is an extraordinary honor to be selected by God and called into the spiritual nobility of a clerical life. My children, we, the elected, accordingly owe God great love and above all things extreme gratitude.Thus the Lord punishes these people for their lack of faith and their hardness of heart.
–Johannes Tauler (1300-1361)
Fulton Sheen (1895-1979), Page: Quotes, Quote Author
Broadmindedness, when it means indifference to right and wrong, eventually ends in a hatred of what is right.
–Blessed Fulton Sheen (1895-1979)
Page: Quotes, Quote Author, Therese of Lisieux (1873-1897)
Let this presence settle into your bones and allow your soul the freedom to sing, dance, praise, and love.
–Saint Therese of Lisieux (1873-1897)
