In the first day of my youth ...

In the first day of my youth I tried to find it in the creatures, as I saw others do: but the more I sought, the less I found it, and the nearer I went to it, the further off it was. For of every image that appeared to me, before I had fully tested it, or abandoned myself to peace in it, and inner voice said to me: 'This is not what thou seekest.
 Henry Suso

Quotes from the same author

It is inner abandonment that leads men to the highest truth.
 Henry Suso
Let each look to himself and see what God wants of him and attend to this, leaving all else alone.
 Henry Suso