SEEKING WORDS OF WISDOM… LET IT BE.

Here are some quotes from St. Bernard of Clairvaux, a founder of the Cistercian Way. Taken in whole from AZ Quotes.com.

•  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.Bernard of Clairvaux 
• God will either give us what we ask, or what He knows to be better for us.Bernard of Clairvaux 
• The three most important virtues are humility, humility, and humility.Bernard of Clairvaux 
• The measure of love is love without measure.Bernard of Clairvaux Saint Bernard (of Clairvaux), William (of Saint-Thierry, Abbot of Saint-Thierry), Saint Aelred (of Rievaulx) (1983). “The love of God, and spiritual friendship”, Multnomah Pub
• If then you are wise, you will show yourself rather as a reservoir than as a canal. For a canal spreads abroad water as it receives it, but a reservoir waits until it is filled before overflowing, and thus communicates, without loss to itself, its superabundant water. In the Church at the present day, we have many canals, few reservoirs.Bernard of Clairvaux   
• What we love we shall grow to resemble.Bernard of ClairvauxLove, Creative, Grows121 Copy quote   
• We find rest in those we love, and we provide a resting place in ourselves for those who love us.Bernard of ClairvauxLove, Relationship, EngagementSaint Bernard (of Clairvaux) (1953). “St. Bernard of Clairvaux: Seen Through His Selected Letters”168 Copy quote   
• With her for guide, you shall never go astray; while invoking her, you shall never lose heart; so long as she is in your mind, you are safe from deception; while she holds your hand, you cannot fall; under her protection you have nothing to fear; if she walks before you, you shall not grow weary; if she shows you favor, you shall reach the goal.Bernard of Clairvaux    
• 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.Bernard of ClairvauxWind, Grace, Soul89 Copy quote   
• Jesus to me is honey in the mouth, music in the ear, a song in the heart.Bernard of ClairvauxSong, Jesus, HeartSaint Bernard of Clairvaux (2012). “Commentary on the Song of Songs”, p.100, Jazzybee Verlag20 Copy quote   
• O Blessed Mary, whoever loves you honors God; whoever serves you pleases God; whoever invokes your holy name with a pure heart will infallibly receive the object of his petition.Bernard of ClairvauxBlessed, Love You, Heart15 Copy quote   
• Action and contemplation are very close companions; they live together in one house on equal terms. Martha and Mary are sisters.Bernard of ClairvauxHouse, Catholic, TogetherSaint Bernard (of Clairvaux) (1952). “Saint Bernard on the Song of songs: Sermones in Cantica canticorum”82 Copy quote   
• there are four degrees of love: 1) Love of self for self’s sake. 2) Love of God for self’s sake. 3) Love of God for God’s own sake. 4) Love of self for God’s sake.Bernard of ClairvauxHeart, Self, Soul115 Copy quote   
• Wherever…thou shalt be, pray secretly within thyself. If thou shalt be far from a house of prayer, give not thyself trouble to seek for one, for thou thyself art a sanctuary designed for prayer. If thou shalt be in bed, or in any other place, pray there; thy temple is there.Bernard of ClairvauxChristian, Art, Prayer22 Copy quote   
• Spiritual life is like living water that springs up from the very depths of our own spiritual experience. In spiritual life everyone has to drink from his or her own well.Bernard of ClairvauxSpiritual, Spring, Water89 Copy quote   
• God will become visible as God’s image is reborn in you.Bernard of ClairvauxSpirituality, Reborn, Gods Will13 Copy quote   
• You wish to see; listen. Hearing is a step toward Vision.Bernard of ClairvauxListening, Vision, Wish28 Copy quote   
• The more I contemplate God, the more God looks on me. The more I pray to him, the more he thinks of me too.Bernard of ClairvauxThinking, Looks, Praying9 Copy quote   
• Expect much of God, and he will do much for you.Bernard of Clairvaux49 Copy quote   
• When God forgives a sinner who humbly confesses his sin, the devil loses his dominion over the heart he had taken.Bernard of ClairvauxTaken, Heart, Forgiving21 Copy quote   
• As patience leads to peace, and study to science, so are humiliations the path that leads to humility.Bernard of ClairvauxHumility, Path, Study22 Copy quote   
• 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.Bernard of ClairvauxLove, Order, May128 Copy quote   
• He rightly reads scripture who turns words into deeds.Bernard of ClairvauxHypocrisy, Deeds, Scripture32 Copy quote   
• The true measure of loving God is to love him without measure.Bernard of ClairvauxReligious, Religious Love, Loving God“Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers” by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, (p. 395), 1895.106 Copy quote   
• Theirs is an endless road, a hopeless maze, who seek for goods before they seek for God.Bernard of ClairvauxMazes, Stewardship, Financial94 Copy quote