Theirs is an endless road, a hopeless maze, who seek for goods before they seek for God.
Bernard of ClairvauxPride only, the chief of all iniquities, can make us treat gifts as if they were rightful attributes of our nature, and, while receiving benefits, rob our Benefactor of His due glory.
Bernard of ClairvauxLearn the lesson that, if you are to do the work of a prophet, what you need is not a sceptre but a hoe.
Bernard of ClairvauxDeath is the gate of life. Ingratitude is the soul's enemy... Ingratitude is a burning wind that dries up the source of love, the dew of mercy, the streams of grace. You will find something far greater in the woods than you will find in books. Stones and trees will teach you that which you will never learn from masters.
Bernard of Clairvaux