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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Rid yourself of anything that is not directed toward God.

Rid yourself of anything that is not directed toward God.

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

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

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;...

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

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

If we really want to achieve true prayer, we must turn our backs upon everything...

If we really want to achieve true prayer, we must turn our backs upon everything...

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.

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.

Your meditations may be as profound, as exalted, as devout as you like; you may...

Your meditations may be as profound, as exalted, as devout as you like; you may...

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...

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,...

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,...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

You don't have to leave the world to be holy and grow closer to the...

You don't have to leave the world to be holy and grow closer to the...

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....

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....

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,...