Give yourself entirely to God, enter and hide in the hidden ground of your soul. Johannes Tauler entergivegod Change image and share on social
You don't have to leave the world to be holy and grow closer to the Holy One. Johannes Tauler closegrowholy Change image and share on social
As a good wine must be kept in a good cask, so a wholesome body is the proper foundation for a well-appointed inner ground. Johannes Tauler appointbodycask Change image and share on social
What matters most is a good and ready will to obey God. Johannes Tauler godgoodmatter Change image and share on social
If you fall seventy times a day, rise seventy times and return to God so that you will not fall too often. Johannes Tauler dayfallgod Change image and share on social
Never believe that true prayer consists in mere babbling, reciting so many psalms and vigils, saying your beads while you allow your thoughts to roam. Johannes Tauler babblebeadconsist Change image and share on social
Your meditations may be as profound, as exalted, as devout as you like; you may practise every pious exercise you can manage, but all this is as nothing in comparison with the Blessed Sacrament. What we do may be godly, but this sacrament is God Himself! Johannes Tauler blesscomparisondevout share on social
A good meditation, even when it is interrupted by occasional nodding, is much more beneficial than many outward religious exercises. Johannes Tauler beneficialexercisegood Change image and share on social
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
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. Johannes Tauler activelyessentiallygod share on social