Because in the school of the Spirit man learns wisdom through humility, knowledge by forgetting, how to speak by silence, how to live by dying.

Quote by Johannes Tauler

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If you fall seventy times a day, rise seventy times and return to God so...

If you fall seventy times a day, rise seventy times and return to God so...

Spiritually good people, pure in heart, who long for the Blessed Sacrament but cannot receive...

Spiritually good people, pure in heart, who long for the Blessed Sacrament but cannot receive...

Never believe that true prayer consists in mere babbling, reciting so many psalms and vigils,...

Never believe that true prayer consists in mere babbling, reciting so many psalms and vigils,...

Give yourself entirely to God, enter and hide in the hidden ground of your soul.

Give yourself entirely to God, enter and hide in the hidden ground of your soul.

In the most intimate, hidden and innermost ground of the soul, God is always essentially,...

In the most intimate, hidden and innermost ground of the soul, God is always essentially,...

God in His wisdom has decided that He will reward no works but His own.

God in His wisdom has decided that He will reward no works but His own.

Such sins, even if they do not kill all grace in us, do harm, nevertheless;...

Such sins, even if they do not kill all grace in us, do harm, nevertheless;...

Commemoration of Katherine of Alexandria, Martyr, 4th century If ye keep watch over your hearts,...

Commemoration of Katherine of Alexandria, Martyr, 4th century If ye keep watch over your hearts,...

In the kingdom of heaven it is His work that will be crowned, not yours....

In the kingdom of heaven it is His work that will be crowned, not yours....

The gracious, eternal God permits the spirit to green and bloom and to bring forth...

The gracious, eternal God permits the spirit to green and bloom and to bring forth...

A good meditation, even when it is interrupted by occasional nodding, is much more beneficial...

A good meditation, even when it is interrupted by occasional nodding, is much more beneficial...

Every one should find some suitable time, day or night, to sink into his depths,...

Every one should find some suitable time, day or night, to sink into his depths,...

Man must do his part and detach himself from created things.

Man must do his part and detach himself from created things.

God touches and moves, warns and desires all equally, and He wants one quite as...

God touches and moves, warns and desires all equally, and He wants one quite as...

In prayerful silence you must look into your own heart. No one can tell you...

In prayerful silence you must look into your own heart. No one can tell you...

For where there is true love, a man is neither out of measure lifted up...

For where there is true love, a man is neither out of measure lifted up...

You have within you many strong and cruel enemies to overcome. You must know that...

You have within you many strong and cruel enemies to overcome. You must know that...

Rid yourself of anything that is not directed toward God.

Rid yourself of anything that is not directed toward God.

Like blind hens, we are ignorant of our own self and the depths within us.

Like blind hens, we are ignorant of our own self and the depths within us.

Let God and all his creation teach you what your sins are.

Let God and all his creation teach you what your sins are.