Errors are refuted by argument, not by fire.
Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153) French religious, Doctor of the Church, saint
(Attributed)
Quotations by:
Bernard of Clairvaux
Who loves me, loves my dog.
[Qui me amat, amat et canem meam.]
Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153) French religious, Doctor of the Church, saint
Festo Sancti Michaelis, Sermon 1, sec. 3 [tr. Trench (1853)]
Bernard says this is a common proverb.
Believe me, you will find more lessons in the woods than in books. Trees and stones will teach you what you cannot learn from masters.
[Experto crede: aliquid amplius invenies in silvis, quam in libris. Ligna et lapides docebunt te, quod a magistris audire non possis.]
Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153) French religious, Doctor of the Church, saint
Letter 106, Sec. 2
In Edward Churton, The Early English Church (1841).