An idiot disciple…
He who has himself as a guide has an idiot as a disciple.
–Saint John of the Cross (1542-1591)
Anyone who lukewarmly does…
Anyone who does things lukewarmly is close to falling.
–Saint John of the Cross (1542-1591)
Fasting is wonderful…
Fasting is wonderful, because it tramples our sins like a dirty weed, while it cultivates and raises truth like a flower.
— Saint John Chrysostom (347-407)
Without the Way…
Without the Way, there is no going, Without the Truth, there is no knowing, Without the Life, there is no living.
–Thomas à Kempis (1380-1471)
Cherish this deep silence within…
Become a fertile ground for the divine birth. Cherish this deep silence within, nourish it frequently.
–Johannes Tauler (c. 1300-1361)
God draws them…
[God] draws them so mysteriously unto Himself and His own blessedness; their spirits are so lovingly attracted, while they are at the same time so filled and transfused with the Godhead, that they lose all their diversity in the Unity of the Godhead.
–Johannes Tauler (c. 1300-1361)
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