Henry Suso

Quotes

• “Be steadfast and never rest content until you have obtained the now of eternity as your present possession in this life, so far as this is possible to human infirmity.”
• “In the darkness beyond distinct manner of existing, all multiplicity disappears and the spirit loses what is its own. It disappears with regard to its own activity. This is the highest goal and the 'where' beyond boundaries. In this the spirituality of all spirits ends. Here to lose oneself forever is eternal happiness. thumb|right|To lose oneself forever is eternal happiness”
• “Here in this region beyond thought the human spirit actively soars. thumb|right|Here in this region beyond thought the human spirit actively soars”
• “In this wild mountain region of the 'where' beyond God there is an abyss full of play and feeling for all pure spirits.”
• “It is hidden for everything that is not God, except for those with whom he wants to share Himself.”
• “In a detached person nothing merely temporal is born in possessiveness. His eyes are opened. He becomes fully aware and, receiving his blessed existence and life, is one with Him; for all things are here one in the thumb|right|He becomes fully aware and, receiving his blessed existence and life, is one with Him; for all things are here one in the One One.”

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Key facts

Born

21 March 1295, Free Imperial City of Überlingen , Holy Roman Empire

Died

25 January 1366 (1366-01-25) (aged 70), Free Imperial City of Ulm , Holy Roman Empire

Venerated in

Catholic Church

Beatified

22 April 1831, Saint Peter's Basilica , Papal States by Pope Gregory XVI

Feast

25 January (previously 2 March)

Influences

Meister Eckhart

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Image

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