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.
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A good meditation, even when it is interrupted by occasional nodding, is much more beneficial than many outward religious exercises.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 inner ground.
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Give yourself entirely to God, enter and hide in the hidden ground of your soul.
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Commemoration of Katherine of Alexandria, Martyr, 4th century If ye keep watch over your hearts, and listen for the Voice of God and learn of Him, in one short hour ye can learn more from Him than ye could learn from Man in a thousand years.
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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.
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If you fall seventy times a day, rise seventy times and return to God so that you will not fall too often.
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