If above all things we would taste God, and feel eternal life in ourselves, we must go forth into God with our feeling, above reason; and there we must abide, onefold, empty of ourselves, and free from images, lifted up… — John of Ruysbroeck Copy Share Image
“When love has carried us above all things ... we receive in peace the Incomprehensible Light, enfolding us and penetrating us. What is this Light, if it be not a contemplation of the Infinite, and an intuition of Eternity? We… — John of Ruysbroeck Copy Share Image
If above all things we would taste God, and feel eternal life in ourselves, we must go forth into God with our feeling, above… — John of Ruysbroeck Copy Share Image
Knowledge of ourselves teaches us whence we come, where we are and whither we are going. We come from God and we are in… — John of Ruysbroeck Copy Share Image
The measure of your holiness is proportionate to the goodness of your will. — John of Ruysbroeck Copy Share Image
Contemplation places us in a purity and radiance which is far above our understanding. — John of Ruysbroeck Copy Share Image
The love of Jesus is at once avid and generous. All that He has, all that He is, He gives; all that we are,… — John of Ruysbroeck Copy Share Image
“When love has carried us above all things ... we receive in peace the Incomprehensible Light, enfolding us and penetrating us. What is this… — John of Ruysbroeck Copy Share Image
When love has carried us above all things into the Divine Dark, there we are transformed by the Eternal Word Who is the image… — John of Ruysbroeck Copy Share Image
