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Bernard of Clairvaux

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Bernard of Clairvaux, O.Cist (1090 - August 20, 1153) was a French abbot and the primary builder of the reforming Cistercian monastic order. After the death of his mother, Bernard sought admission into the Cistercian order. Three years later, he was sent to found a new house, which Bernard named Claire Vallée, 'of Clairvaux', on 25 June 1115. Bernard would preach an immediate faith, in which the intercessor was the Virgin Mary. In the year 1128, Bernard assisted at the Council of Troyes, at which he traced the outlines of the Rule of the Knights Templar, who soon became the ideal of Christian nobility.

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Average rating: 4.02 · 178 ratings · 30 reviews · 54 distinct works

	On Loving God 403 avg rating — 76 ratings — published 1937 — 31 editions	My rating:
	Selected Works by Bernard of Clairvaux, Ewert Cousins, Jean Leclercq 403 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 1987 — 4 editions	My rating:
	On the Song of Songs I 400 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 1134	My rating:
	Sermons on the Songs of Songs - 2 375 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1976 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Honey and Salt: Selected Spiritual Writings by Bernard of Clairvaux, John F. Thornton (Editor), Susan B. Varenne (Editor) 450 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1994 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Talks on the Song of Songs 400 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1888 — 8 editions	My rating:
	The love of God, and spiritual friendship 500 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1959 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Bernard: Steps of Humility and Pride 450 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1989	My rating:
	The Parables & the Sentences (Cistercian Fathers Series) 450 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1999 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Bernard of Clairvaux: On the Spirituality of Relationship by Bernard of Clairvaux, John R. Sommerfeldt 400 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2004	My rating:

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“hell is full of good wishes and desires.”
― Bernard of Clairvaux

tags: roman

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“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

tags: inspirational-life , knowledge-power , serve-the-people

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“Many of those who are humiliated are not humble. Some react to humiliation with anger, others with patience, and others with freedom. The first are culpable, the next harmless, the last just.”
― Bernard of Clairvaux, On the Song of Songs I

tags: humiliation , justice

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