To discern what weaknesses and faults separate you from God, you must enter into your own inward ground and then confront yourself.
Johannes TaulerIn the kingdom of heaven it is His work that will be crowned, not yours. Anything in you that He has not wrought Himself will count for nothing.
Johannes TaulerSuch 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.
Johannes Tauler