In the most intimate, hidden and innermost ground of the soul, God is always essentially, actively, and substantially present. Here the soul possesses everything by grace which God possesses by nature.

Quote by Johannes Tauler

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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,...

Rid yourself of anything that is not directed toward God.

Rid yourself of anything that is not directed toward God.

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...

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;...

Because in the school of the Spirit man learns wisdom through humility, knowledge by forgetting,...

Because in the school of the Spirit man learns wisdom through humility, knowledge by forgetting,...

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...

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 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...

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...

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.

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.

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...

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...

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,...

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....

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

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

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....

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...

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...

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...