"The warriors are gentler than lambs and fiercer than lions,
wedding the mildness of the monk with the valour of the knight,
so that it is difficult to decide which to call them: men to adorn
the Temple of Solomon with weapons instead of gems,
with shields instead of crowns of gold,
with saddles and bridles instead of candelabra:
eager for victory -- not fame;
for battle not for pomp;
who abhor wasteful speech, unnecessary action,
unmeasured laughter, gossip and chatter, as they despise all vain things: who,
in spite of their being many, live in one house
according to one rule, with one soul and one heart." -- St. Bernard of Clairvaux --
