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> [In prayerful silence you must look into your own heart. No one can tell you better than yourself what comes between you and God. Ask yourself. Then listen!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johannes-tauler/in-prayerful-silence-you-must-look-into-your-own-heart-no-one-can/)

[Johannes Tauler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johannes-tauler/)

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## More by 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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johannes-tauler/if-we-really-want-to-achieve-true-prayer-we-must-turn-our-backs-upon/)

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> [Such sins, even if they do not kill all grace in us, do harm, nevertheless; and though they are only venial in themselves, they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johannes-tauler/such-sins-even-if-they-do-not-kill-all-grace-in-us-do-harm/)

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> [Everything depends on this: a fathomless sinking into a fathomless nothingness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johannes-tauler/everything-depends-on-this-a-fathomless-sinking-into-a-fathomless/)

[Johannes Tauler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johannes-tauler/)

> [He who desires to become a spiritual man must not be ever taking note of others, and above all of their sins, lest he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johannes-tauler/he-who-desires-to-become-a-spiritual-man-must-not-be-ever-taking-note/)

[Johannes Tauler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johannes-tauler/)

> [Judge yourself; if you sincerely and humbly do that, you will not be judged by God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johannes-tauler/judge-yourself-if-you-sincerely-and-humbly-do-that-you-will-not-be/)

[Johannes Tauler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johannes-tauler/)

> [God touches and moves, warns and desires all equally, and He wants one quite as much as another. The inequality lies in the way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johannes-tauler/god-touches-and-moves-warns-and-desires-all-equally-and-he-wants-one/)

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> [Let God and all his creation teach you what your sins are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johannes-tauler/let-god-and-all-his-creation-teach-you-what-your-sins-are/)

[Johannes Tauler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johannes-tauler/)

> [For where there is true love, a man is neither out of measure lifted up by prosperity, nor cast down by mishap; whether you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johannes-tauler/for-where-there-is-true-love-a-man-is-neither-out-of-measure-lifted/)

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> [I never mingled with men, but I came home less of a man than I went out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johannes-tauler/i-never-mingled-with-men-but-i-came-home-less-of-a-man-than-i-went-out/)

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> [Man must do his part and detach himself from created things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johannes-tauler/man-must-do-his-part-and-detach-himself-from-created-things/)

[Johannes Tauler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johannes-tauler/)

> [Often when He comes, He finds the soul occupied. Other guests are there, and He has to turn away. He cannot gain entry, for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johannes-tauler/often-when-he-comes-he-finds-the-soul-occupied-other-guests-are-there/)

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> [God does not lead all His servants by one road, nor in one way, nor at one time; for God is in all things;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johannes-tauler/god-does-not-lead-all-his-servants-by-one-road-nor-in-one-way-nor-at/)

[Johannes Tauler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johannes-tauler/)

> [To discern what weaknesses and faults separate you from God, you must enter into your own inward ground and then confront yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johannes-tauler/to-discern-what-weaknesses-and-faults-separate-you-from-god-you-must/)

[Johannes Tauler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johannes-tauler/)

> [In prayerful silence you must look into your own heart. No one can tell you better than yourself what comes between you and God.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johannes-tauler/in-prayerful-silence-you-must-look-into-your-own-heart-no-one-can/)

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> [“As long as a man has, he must give. And when he has nothing more, he is free. This freedom is far nobler than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johannes-tauler/as-long-as-a-man-has-he-must-give-and-when-he-has-nothing-more-he-is/)

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