“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.”

— Bernard of Clairvaux

BC

About Bernard of Clairvaux

Theologian • French

Bernard of Clairvaux was a French abbot and a major leader in the Cistercian reform of Benedictine monasticism. His extensive writings, sermons, and theological treatises profoundly influenced the spiritual and...

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