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Henry Suso Quotes on God

Heinrich Seuse, known in English as Henry Suso, was a German Dominican mystic, preacher, and spiritual director and one of the principal figures of the Rhineland mystical tradition along with Meister Eckhart and Johannes Tauler. This page collects quotes attributed to Henry Suso on the topic of god, drawn from across the philosopher's works.

Quotes

  • Attributed to Henry Suso:

    “Eternal Wisdom is the bride of every faithful soul.”

  • Attributed to Henry Suso:

    “Suffering rightly borne is the gold of the spiritual life.”

  • Attributed to Henry Suso:

    “Solitude is the workshop where God carves the inner man.”

  • Attributed to Henry Suso:

    “He who has lost himself for God has found everything.”

  • Attributed to Henry Suso:

    “Love is its own theology.”