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 behave like true knights in your encounters with the same adversities which they had to conquer, and that breathtaking joy is theirs and your eternal reward for having endured a few years of temporal pain. Every drop of earthly bitterness will be changed into an ocean of heavenly sweetness.
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
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…
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.
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…
After big storms there follow bright days. - Henry Suso
After big storms there follow bright days.
It is inner abandonment that leads men to the highest truth. - Henry Suso
It is inner abandonment that leads men to the highest truth.
The eternal God asks a favor of his bride: "Hold me close to your heart, close as locket or bracelet fits." No matter whether we walk or stand still,… - Henry Suso
The eternal God asks a favor of his bride: "Hold me close to your heart, close as locket or bracelet fits." No matter whether we walk or stand still,…
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,…
By ignorance the truth is known. - Henry Suso
By ignorance the truth is known.
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