Johannes Tauler

If we really want to achieve true prayer, we must turn our backs upon everything temporal, everything external, everything that is not…

— Johannes Tauler

Such sins, even if they do not kill all grace in us, do harm, nevertheless; and though they are only venial in…

— Johannes Tauler

Everything depends on this: a fathomless sinking into a fathomless nothingness.

— Johannes Tauler

He who desires to become a spiritual man must not be ever taking note of others, and above all of their sins,…

— Johannes Tauler

Judge yourself; if you sincerely and humbly do that, you will not be judged by God.

— Johannes Tauler

God touches and moves, warns and desires all equally, and He wants one quite as much as another. The inequality lies in…

— Johannes Tauler

Let God and all his creation teach you what your sins are.

— Johannes Tauler

For where there is true love, a man is neither out of measure lifted up by prosperity, nor cast down by mishap;…

— Johannes Tauler

I never mingled with men, but I came home less of a man than I went out.

— Johannes Tauler

Man must do his part and detach himself from created things.

— Johannes Tauler

Often when He comes, He finds the soul occupied. Other guests are there, and He has to turn away. He cannot gain…

— Johannes Tauler

God does not lead all His servants by one road, nor in one way, nor at one time; for God is in…

— 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

In prayerful silence you must look into your own heart. No one can tell you better than yourself what comes between you…

— Johannes Tauler

“As long as a man has, he must give. And when he has nothing more, he is free. This freedom is far…

— Johannes Tauler

Commemoration of Katherine of Alexandria, Martyr, 4th century If ye keep watch over your hearts, and listen for the Voice of God…

— Johannes Tauler

Your meditations may be as profound, as exalted, as devout as you like; you may practise every pious exercise you can manage,…

— Johannes Tauler

A good meditation, even when it is interrupted by occasional nodding, is much more beneficial than many outward religious exercises.

— Johannes Tauler

God in His wisdom has decided that He will reward no works but His own.

— Johannes Tauler

In the kingdom of heaven it is His work that will be crowned, not yours. Anything in you that He has not…

— Johannes Tauler

Judge yourself; if you do that you will not be judged by God, as St. Paul says. But it must be a…

— Johannes Tauler

If ye keep watch over your hearts, and listen for the Voice of God and learn of Him, in one short hour…

— Johannes Tauler

If you fall seventy times a day, rise seventy times and return to God so that you will not fall too often.

— Johannes Tauler

You don't have to leave the world to be holy and grow closer to the Holy One.

— Johannes Tauler

As a good wine must be kept in a good cask, so a wholesome body is the proper foundation for a well-appointed…

— Johannes Tauler