A biography for Johannes Taulerhasn’t been written yet.
“Commemoration of Katherine of Alexandria, Martyr, 4th century If ye keep watch over your hearts, and listen for the Voice of God and learn of Him, in one short hour ye can learn more from Him than ye could learn from Man in a thousand years.”
“Such sins, even if they do not kill all grace in us, do harm, nevertheless; and though they are only venial in themselves, they make us apt, ready, and inclined to lose grace and to fall into mortal sin.”
“Give yourself entirely to God, enter and hide in the hidden ground of your soul.”
“In prayerful silence you must look into your own heart. No one can tell you better than yourself what comes between you and God. Ask yourself. Then listen!”
“If we really want to achieve true prayer, we must turn our backs upon everything temporal, everything external, everything that is not divine.”
“In the most intimate, hidden and innermost ground of the soul, God is always essentially, actively, and substantially present. Here the soul possesses everything by grace which God possesses by nature.”
“Rid yourself of anything that is not directed toward God.”
“As a good wine must be kept in a good cask, so a wholesome body is the proper foundation for a well-appointed inner ground.”