“[T]here was a woman who had set her heart intensely on a kind of transitory love called flirtation, which is a poison to spiritual happiness. He said to her that if she wished to lead a calm spiritual existence, she… — Henry Suso Copy Share
“[T]here was a woman who had set her heart intensely on a kind of transitory love called flirtation, which is a poison to spiritual happiness. He said to her that if she wished to lead a calm spiritual existence, she would have to give this up and take eternal Wisdom as her beloved in place of her present love. This… — Henry Suso Copy Share
In the first day of my youth I tried to find it in the creatures, as I saw others do: but the more I sought, the less I found it, and the nearer I went to it, the further off it was. For of every image that appeared to me, before I had fully tested it, or abandoned myself to… — Henry Suso Copy Share
Nowhere does Jesus hear our prayers more readily than in the Blessed Sacrament — Henry Suso Copy Share Image
I have often repented of having spoken. I have never repented of silence. — Henry Suso Copy Share Image
The eternal God asks a favor of his bride: "Hold me close to your heart, close as locket or bracelet fits." No matter whether… — Henry Suso Copy Share Image
Suffering is the ancient law of love; there is no quest without pain; there is no lover who is not also a martyr. — Henry Suso Copy Share Image
If your enemies see that you grow courageous, and that you will neither be seduced by flatteries nor disheartened by the pains and trials… — Henry Suso Copy Share Image
Remember that you will derive strength by reflecting that the saints yearn for you to join their ranks; desire to see you fight bravely,… — Henry Suso Copy Share Image
Thou shalt understand that it is a science most profitable, and passing all other sciences, for to learn to die. For a man to… — Henry Suso Copy Share Image
