From suffering I have learned ...

From suffering I have learned this: that whoever is sore wounded by love will never be made whole unless she embraces the very same love which wounded her.
 Mechthild of Magdeburg

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