If you fall seventy times a day, rise seventy times and return to God so that you will not fall too often.

Quote by Johannes Tauler

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What matters most is a good and ready will to obey God.

What matters most is a good and ready will to obey God.

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...

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...

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 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...

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,...

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,...

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...

Judge yourself; if you do that you will not be judged by God, as St....

Judge yourself; if you do that you will not be judged by God, as St....

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.

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...

As a good wine must be kept in a good cask, so a wholesome body...

As a good wine must be kept in a good cask, so a wholesome body...

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....

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

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

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

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

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;...

Often when He comes, He finds the soul occupied. Other guests are there, and He...

Often when He comes, He finds the soul occupied. Other guests are there, and He...

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,...

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...