To discern what weaknesses and faults separate you from God, you must enter into your own inward ground and then confront yourself.
Johannes Tauler

Man must do his part and detach himself from created things.
Johannes Tauler

You don't have to leave the world to be holy and grow closer to the Holy One.
Johannes Tauler

Let God and all his creation teach you what your sins are.
Johannes Tauler

God in His wisdom has decided that He will reward no works but His own.
Johannes Tauler

If you fall seventy times a day, rise seventy times and return to God so that you will not fall too often.
Johannes Tauler

You have within you many strong and cruel enemies to overcome. You must know that there are still a thousand ties which you must break. No one can tell you what they are; only you can tell by looking at yourself and into your heart.
Johannes Tauler

Like blind hens, we are ignorant of our own self and the depths within us.
Johannes Tauler