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" We are like dwarfs on the shoulders of giants. We see more things than the ancients and things more distant, but it is due neither to the sharpness of our sight nor the greatness of out stature. It is simply because they have lent us their own. "

St Bernard of Clairvaux commenting on the spirituality of the Celts


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St Bernard of Clairvaux commenting on the spirituality of the Celts quote : We are like dwarfs on the shoulders of giants. We see more things than the ancients and things more distant, but it is due neither to the sharpness of our sight nor the greatness of out stature. It is simply because they have lent us their own.