If, further, this good person would become an inward and spiritual man, he needs must have three further things. The first is a heart unencumbered with images; the second is spiritual freedom in his desires, the third is the feeling of inward union with God.
–Blessed John Ruysbroeck (1293-1381)
The choice is yours! Love the world and you will perish with the world. Love Christ and you will reign with him (forever)!
–Richard Rolle (c. 1300-1349)
We ought always to be praying, or reading, or meditating, and doing other useful things, so that our enemy never finds us idle.
–Richard Rolle (c. 1300-1349)
Here is a way to tell when God has been born in you: everything will point to God. Nothing is a hindrance anymore. Everywhere you look, you will see God. It is like staring at the sun. The image is burned into your eyes. Regardless of where you look, you see the sun.
–Meister Eckhart (1260-1328)
Apprehend God in all things, for God is in all things. Every single creature is full of God and is a book about God. Every creature is a word of God. If I spent enough time with the tiniest creature — even a caterpillar — I would never have to prepare a sermon. So full of God is every creature.
–Meister Eckhart (1260-1328)
The soul does not grow by addition but by subtraction.
–Meister Eckhart (1260-1328)
