If anyone makes himself his own master in the spiritual life, he makes himself scholar to a fool.
Bernard of ClairvauxSo far from being able to answer for my sins, I cannot even answer for my righteousness!
Bernard of ClairvauxThe spiteful tongue strikes a deadly blow at charity in all who hear him speak and, so far as it can, destroys root and branch, not only in the immediate hearers but also in all others to whom the slander, flying from lip to lip, is afterwards repeated.
Bernard of Clairvaux