“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.”

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...