From suffering I have learned this: that whoever is sore wounded by love will never be made whole unless she embraces the very same… — Mechthild of Magdeburg Copy Share Image
That prayer has great power which a person makes with all his might. It makes a sour heart sweet, a sad heart merry, a poor heart rich, a foolish heart wise, a timid heart brave, a sick heart well, a blind heart full of sight, a cold heart ardent. It draws down the great God into the little heart; it… — Mechthild of Magdeburg Copy Share
Prayer is naught else but a yearning of soul ... it draws down the great God into the little heart; it drives the hungry… — Mechthild of Magdeburg Copy Share Image
The day of my spiritual awakening was the day I saw and knew I saw all things in God and God in all things. — Mechthild of Magdeburg Copy Share Image
Stupidity is sufficient unto itself. Wisdom can never learn enough. — Mechthild of Magdeburg Copy Share Image
I was created in love. For that reason nothing can express my beauty nor liberate me except love alone. — Mechthild of Magdeburg Copy Share Image
If you love the justice of Jesus Christ more than you fear human judgment then you will seek to do compassion. Compassion means that… — Mechthild of Magdeburg Copy Share Image
I have seen a place-its name is Eternal Hatred It is built in the deepest abyss of the stones of mortal sin. Pride was… — Mechthild of Magdeburg Copy Share Image
Those who would know much, and love little, will ever remain at but the beginning of a godly life. — Mechthild of Magdeburg Copy Share Image
The soul is made of love and must ever strive to return to love. Therefore, it can never find rest nor happiness in other… — Mechthild of Magdeburg Copy Share Image
