Every one should find some suitable time, day or night, to sink into his depths, each according to his own fashion. Not every one is able to engage in contemplative prayer. Johannes Tauler contemplativedaydepth Change image and share on social
God touches and moves, warns and desires all equally, and He wants one quite as much as another. The inequality lies in the way in which His touch, His warnings, and His gifts are received. Johannes Tauler desireequallygift Change image and share on social
Judge yourself; if you do that you will not be judged by God, as St. Paul says. But it must be a real sense of your own sinfulness, not an artificial humility. Johannes Tauler artificialgodhumility Change image and share on social
The gracious, eternal God permits the spirit to green and bloom and to bring forth the most marvelous fruit, surpassing anything a tongue can express and a heart conceive. Johannes Tauler bloombringconceive Change image and share on social
Rid yourself of anything that is not directed toward God. Johannes Tauler directgodrid Change image and share on social
Let God and all his creation teach you what your sins are. Johannes Tauler creationgodsin Change image and share on social
In the kingdom of heaven it is His work that will be crowned, not yours. Anything in you that He has not wrought Himself will count for nothing. Johannes Tauler countcrownheaven Change image and share on social
Man must do his part and detach himself from created things. Johannes Tauler createdetachman Change image and share on social
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. Johannes Tauler dieforgethumility Change image and share on social
If we really want to achieve true prayer, we must turn our backs upon everything temporal, everything external, everything that is not divine. Johannes Tauler achievebackdivine Change image and share on social
