Where can a man warm himself better than by the fire? So it is in God. Man must bring all that concerns him to God, and leave all with Him. God will provide for him in the best of ways. He must trust all things to God; and, in that trust, he must be ready to accept all things, as for the best, and rest in the divine peace.
–Johannes Tauler (c. 1300–1361)
You don’t have to leave the world to be holy and grow closer to the Holy One.
–Johannes Tauler (c. 1300-1361)
Give yourself entirely to God, enter and hide in the hidden ground of your soul.
— Johannes Tauler (c. 1300-1361)
If a man truly loves God, and has no will but to do God’s will, the whole force of the river Rhine may run at him, and will not disturb him nor break his peace. If we find outward things a danger and disturbance, it comes from our appropriating to ourselves what is God’s.
–Johannes Tauler (c. 1300-1361)
Eternity is the everlasting Now.
–Johannes Tauler (c. 1300-1361)
A good meditation, even when it is interrupted by occasional nodding, is much more beneficial than many outward religious exercises.
–Johannes Tauler (c. 1300-1361)
