Guigo I

Saint Bernard of Clairvaux visits Guigo I at the Charterhouse

Guigo I also known as Guigues du Chastel, Guigo de Castro and Guigo of Saint-Romain, was a Carthusian monk and the 5th prior of Grande Chartreuse monastery in the 12th century.

Quotes

The Meditations of Guigo I, Prior of the Charterhouse

as translated by A. Gordon Mursell (1995)

• Without form or comeliness, and nailed to the cross—thus is truth to be adored.
  • #5

• Anyone who delights in praise destroys it.
  • #20

• Prepare your mind to live in the company of evil people, with your mind unsullied; to do this is to live like an angel.
  • #22

• The more noble and powerful a creature is, the more willingly it submits to the truth. Indeed it is powerful and noble precisely because of its submission.
  • #84

• To want good things even for the wicked is a characteristic of saints.
  • #127