In the first day of my youth I tried to find it in the creatures, as I saw others do: but the more I sought, the less I found it, and the nearer I went to it, the further off it was. For of every image that appeared to me, before I had fully tested it, or abandoned myself to peace in it, and inner voice said to me: 'This is not what thou seekest.
Suffering is the ancient law of love; there is no quest without pain; there is no lover who is not also a martyr. - Henry Suso
Suffering is the ancient law of love; there is no quest without pain; there is no lover who is not also a martyr.
- Henry Suso
Let each look to himself and see what God wants of him and attend to this, leaving all else alone. - Henry Suso
Let each look to himself and see what God wants of him and attend to this, leaving all else alone.
By ignorance the truth is known. - Henry Suso
By ignorance the truth is known.
In the first day of my youth I tried to find it in the creatures, as I saw others do: but the more I sought, the less I found it, and the nearer I we… - Henry Suso
In the first day of my youth I tried to find it in the creatures, as I saw others do: but the more I sought, the less I found it, and the nearer I we…
After big storms there follow bright days. - Henry Suso
After big storms there follow bright days.
I have often repented of having spoken. I have never repented of silence. - Henry Suso
I have often repented of having spoken. I have never repented of silence.
Thou shalt understand that it is a science most profitable, and passing all other sciences, for to learn to die. For a man to know that he shall die,… - Henry Suso
Thou shalt understand that it is a science most profitable, and passing all other sciences, for to learn to die. For a man to know that he shall die,…
It is inner abandonment that leads men to the highest truth. - Henry Suso
It is inner abandonment that leads men to the highest truth.
Remember that you will derive strength by reflecting that the saints yearn for you to join their ranks; desire to see you fight bravely, and that you… - Henry Suso
Remember that you will derive strength by reflecting that the saints yearn for you to join their ranks; desire to see you fight bravely, and that you…
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