Skip to content

God cannot suffer, but is not without compassion.

— Bernard of Clairvaux Sermons on the Song of Songs (1135)

Impassibilis est Deus, sed non incompassibilis.

Original text (Latin)

Another quote →

Variants

God cannot suffer, but He can have compassion.

More quotes by Bernard of Clairvaux

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.

Human reason is snatching everything to itself, leaving nothing for faith.

One cannot now say, the priest is as the people, for the truth is that the people are not so bad as the priest.

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

It is commonly said: What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve.

All Bernard of Clairvaux quotes →

Attribution

Quote text and notes from Wikiquote: Bernard of Clairvaux (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Source quality and labels are our own summary of what Wikiquote records.