Guigo I

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.

Saint Bernard of Clairvaux visits Guigo I at the Charterhouse

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