Time is what keeps the light from reaching us. There is no greater obstacle to God than time and not only time but temporalities, not only temporal things but temporal affections, not only temporal affections but the very taint and smell of time.
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A human being has so many skins inside, covering the depths of the heart. We know so many things, but we don't know ourselves! Why, thirty or forty skins or hides, as thick and hard as an ox's or bear's, cover the soul. Go into your own ground and learn to know yourself there.Meister Eckhart
If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.
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He who suffers for love does not suffer, for all suffering is forgotten.
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What a man takes in by contemplation, that he pours out in love.
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Truly, it is in darkness that one finds the light, so when we are in sorrow, then this light is nearest of all to us.
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If God gave the soul his whole creation she would not be filled thereby but only with himself.
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