St. Bernard of Clairvaux

"'We are to love God for Himself, because of a twofold reason; nothing is more reasonable, nothing more profitable.'"

- St. Bernard of Clairvaux

"We should show our affection for the angels, for one day they will be our coheirs just as here below they are our guardians and trustees appointed and set over us by the Father."

- St. Bernard of Clairvaux

"God loves in the seraphim as charity, knows in the cherubim as truth, is seated in the thrones as equity, reigns in the dominions as majesty, rules in the principalities as principle, guards in the powers as salvation, acts in the virtues as strength, reveals in the archangels as light, assists in the angels as piety."

- St. Bernard of Clairvaux