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I believe though I do not comprehend, and I hold by faith what I cannot grasp with the mind.

Saint Bernard

I believe though I do not comprehend, and I hold by faith what I cannot grasp with the mind.

Tags: faith, believe, mind, i believe

He who prays and labours lifts his heart to God with his hands.

Saint Bernard

He who prays and labours lifts his heart to God with his hands.

Tags: self, reliance

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Saint Bernard refers primarily to Bernard of Clairvaux (1090–1153), a Christian saint, mystic, and reformer of the Cistercian order.
Another prominent meaning is St. Bernard (dog), a breed of dog.
St. Bernard, St Bernard or San Bernard may also refer to:

Who is there that can adequately gauge the greatness of the humility, gentleness, self-surrender, revealed by the Lord of majesty in assuming human nature, in accepting the punishment of death, the sh...

Saint Bernard

Who is there that can adequately gauge the greatness of the humility, gentleness, self-surrender, revealed by the Lord of majesty in assuming human nature, in accepting the punishment of death, the sh...

Tags: nature, greatness, humility

Christian, learn from Christ how you ought to love Christ. Learn a love that is tender, wise, strong; love with tenderness, not passion, wisdom, not foolishness, and strength, lest you become weary an...

Saint Bernard

Christian, learn from Christ how you ought to love Christ. Learn a love that is tender, wise, strong; love with tenderness, not passion, wisdom, not foolishness, and strength, lest you become weary an...

Tags: love, wisdom, passion

Truly, love is delightful and pleasant food, supplying, as it does, rest to the weary, strength to the weak, and joy to the sorrowful. It in fact renders the yoke of truth easy and its burden light.

Saint Bernard

Truly, love is delightful and pleasant food, supplying, as it does, rest to the weary, strength to the weak, and joy to the sorrowful. It in fact renders the yoke of truth easy and its burden light.

Tags: love, food, light

God removes the sin of the one who makes humble confession, and thereby the devil loses the sovereignty he had gained over the human heart.

Saint Bernard

God removes the sin of the one who makes humble confession, and thereby the devil loses the sovereignty he had gained over the human heart.

Tags: heart, humble, sin

Sorrow for sin is indeed necessary, but it should not be an endless preoccupation. You must dwell also on the glad remembrance of God's loving-kindness; otherwise, sadness will harden the heart and le...

Saint Bernard

Sorrow for sin is indeed necessary, but it should not be an endless preoccupation. You must dwell also on the glad remembrance of God's loving-kindness; otherwise, sadness will harden the heart and le...

Tags: heart, sadness, sorrow

In truth, opinion may be taken for understanding; understanding cannot be taken for opinion. How so? Surely because opinion may be deceived; understanding cannot be. If it could, it would not be under...

Saint Bernard

In truth, opinion may be taken for understanding; understanding cannot be taken for opinion. How so? Surely because opinion may be deceived; understanding cannot be. If it could, it would not be under...

Tags: truth, understanding

Even the holy men who lived before the coming of Christ understood that God had in mind plans of peace for the human race.

Saint Bernard

Even the holy men who lived before the coming of Christ understood that God had in mind plans of peace for the human race.

Tags: god, men, mind