Bernard of Clairvaux

“The road to hell is paved with good intentions.”

“Hell is full of good meanings and wishings.”

“A saint is not someone who never sins, but one who sins less and less frequently and gets up more and more quickly.”

“The envious man grows lean at the success of his neighbor.”

“Let your conscience be your guide.”

“Love seeks no cause beyond itself and no fruit; it is its own fruit, its own enjoyment. I love because I love; I love in order that I may love.”

“The measure of love is to love without measure.”

“What we love we shall grow to resemble.”

“Nothing can work me damage except myself; the harm that I sustain I carry about with me, and never am a real sufferer but by my own fault.”

“The reason for loving God is God Himself; the measure of loving God is to love Him without measure.”

“You will find something more in woods than in books. Trees and stones will teach you that which you can never learn from masters.”

“We find rest in those we love, and we provide a resting place in ourselves for those who love us.”

“There are those who seek knowledge for the sake of knowledge; that is curiosity. There are those who seek knowledge to be known by others; that is vanity. There are those who seek knowledge in order to serve; that is love.”

“Humility is the virtue by which a man knows himself as he truly is.”

“It is a great thing to be humble when you are brought low; but it is a far greater thing to be humble when you are exalted.”

“The man who is wise, therefore, will see his life as more like a reservoir than a canal. The canal simultaneously pours out what it receives; the reservoir retains the water till it is filled, then discharges the overflow without loss to itself.”

“He who is a friend loves at all times.”