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Johannes Tauler Quotes

Johannes Tauler quotes

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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
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
Johannes Tauler quote: "Give yourself entirely to God, enter and hide in the hidden..."
Give yourself entirely to God, enter and hide in the hidden ground of your soul. Johannes Tauler
You have within you many strong and cruel enemies to overcome. You must know that there are still a thousand ties which you must break. No one can tell you what they are; only you can tell by looking at yourself and into your heart. Johannes Tauler
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
To discern what weaknesses and faults separate you from God, you must enter into your own inward ground and then confront yourself. Johannes Tauler
Johannes Tauler quote: "Let God and all his creation teach you what your sins are."
Let God and all his creation teach you what your sins are. Johannes Tauler
Johannes Tauler quote: "Rid yourself of anything that is not directed toward God."
Rid yourself of anything that is not directed toward God. Johannes Tauler
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
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
Such sins, even if they do not kill all grace in us, do harm, nevertheless; and though they are only venial in themselves, they make us apt, ready, and inclined to lose grace and to fall into mortal sin. Johannes Tauler
Johannes Tauler quote: "You don't have to leave the world to be holy and grow closer..."
You don't have to leave the world to be holy and grow closer to the Holy One. Johannes Tauler
Johannes Tauler quote: "Man must do his part and detach himself from created things."
Man must do his part and detach himself from created things. Johannes Tauler

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