“God touches and moves, warns and desires all equally, and He wants one quite as much as another. The inequality lies in the way in which His touch, His warnings, and His gifts are received.” WayWantMovingLyingDesireInequalityWarning 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 we love and desire other things; therefore, His gifts, which He is offering to everyone unceasingly, must remain outside.” SoulDesireTurnsGainsGuestsOfferingEntry 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 fall into wrath and bitterness, and a judging spirit towards his neighbours.” MenSpiritualSpiritDesireFallSpiritualitySinJudgingNotesNeighborBitternessWrath Author:Johannes Tauler
“God is infinite and without end, but the soul's desire is an abyss which cannot be filled except by a Good which is infinite; and the more ardently the soul longeth after God, the more she wills to long after him; for God is a Good without drawback, and a well of living water without bottom, and the soul is made in the image of God, and therefore it is created to know and love God.” KnowsWellsLongMadeSoulEndsGodDesireWaterAnd LoveInfiniteFilledBottomGod LoveAbyssGod ImageDrawbacks Book:The history and life of the Reverend Doctor John Tauler of Strasbourg: with twenty-five of his sermons (Temp. 1340) Source: The history and life of the Reverend Doctor John Tauler of Strasbourg: with twenty-five of his sermons (Temp. 1340)
