13 Quotes by 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 mademust live in its own true nature;How could I resist my nature,That lives for oneness with God?

I cannot dance, O Lord, unless You lead me.

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

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 in love. By its very nature it must seek God, who is love...

I was created in love. For that reason nothing can express my beauty nor liberate me except love alone.

God, give me by Your grace what You give to dogs by nature.

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 withstand mine?

Stupidity is sufficient unto itself. Wisdom can never learn enough.

I have seen a place-its name is Eternal Hatred It is built in the deepest abyss of the stones of mortal sin. Pride was the first stone-this was seen in Lucifer.