That prayer has great power which a person makes with all his might. It makes a sour heart sweet, a sad heart merry, a poor heart rich, a foolish hea…

- Mechthild Of Magdeburg

Fish cannot drown in water. Birds cannot sink in air. This has God given to all creatures, to foster and seek their own nature. How then can I withst…

- Mechthild Of Magdeburg

One day I saw with the eyes of my eternity in bliss and without effort, a stone. It tasted sweet, like heavenly herbs.

- Mechthild Of Magdeburg

A fish cannot drown in water, A bird does not fall in air. In the fire of creation, God doesn't vanish: The fire brightens. Each creature God made mu…

- Mechthild Of Magdeburg

How should one live? Live Welcoming to all.

- Mechthild Of Magdeburg

If you love the justice of Jesus Christ more than you fear human judgment then you will seek to do compassion. Compassion means that if I see my frie…

- Mechthild Of Magdeburg

The soul is made of love and must ever strive to return to love. Therefore, it can never find rest nor happiness in other things. It must lose itself…

- Mechthild Of Magdeburg

The day of my spiritual awakening was the day I saw and knew I saw all things in God and God in all things.

- Mechthild Of Magdeburg

A Light of utmost splendor glows on the eyes of my soul. Therein have I seen the inexpressible ordering of all things, and recognized God's unspeakab…

- Mechthild Of Magdeburg