Julian of Norwich Quotes

All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well.

God did not say you will not be troubled, you will not be tempted, you will not be distressed. But He did say you will not be overcome.

Prayer is the key that opens the heart of God.

If there is anywhere on earth a lover of God who is always kept safe, I know nothing of it, for it was not shown to me. But this was shown: that in falling and rising again, we are always kept in that same precious love.

The greatest honor we can give Almighty God is to live gladly because of the knowledge of his love.

For I saw truly that our Lord was never angry, nor ever shall be; for He is God, goodness, truth, and love.

He said not ‘Thou shalt not be tempested, thou shalt not be travailed, thou shalt not be dis-eased’; but He said, ‘Thou shalt not be overcome.’

To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life.

The love of God creates in us such a oneing that when it is truly seen, no man can separate himself from another.

In God’s sight, all creation is pure, and we are also pure, but we do not know it.

Love is our Lord’s meaning.

He said not ‘Thou shalt not be tempested, thou shalt not be travailed, thou shalt not be dis-eased’; but He said, ‘Thou shalt not be overcome.’

If there is anywhere on earth a lover of God who is always kept safe, I know nothing of it, for it was not shown to me. But this was shown: that in falling and rising again, we are always kept in that same precious love.

God did not say you will not be troubled, you will not be tempted, you will not be distressed. But He did say you will not be overcome.

A cheerful giver of thanks is beloved of God.

Do not be weighed down by the burden of sorrow; there are joys.

Desire wisdom because She deigns to know you.

The earth may dance on the day of your joy.

Love is our Lord’s meaning.

You shall see your Lord privately, eye to eye, in yourself.

Just as God sees and knows all things by His one act, so we see and know each thing by our one power of sight.

When I say everything is done in manhood, I mean that He also assented that we should have eyes to see, and ears to hear, and understanding to know, and a heart and a will to believe, and that we should truly be what we were made to be, that is, Shapable.

When I saw that these good people had no feeling of sin, I thought that it could not be so in with us all Perfection while we are here.

No soul has ever done possible to the creature for the love he has shown, except that it is imputed to the Maker, who is the Ground our Working.

Prayer is a good work that increases the virtues and value of the soul. Through prayer, we see where we hold back and where we can grow.

Just as God sees our entire creation with one look, so we see it in its little measure with one look of the soul.

When I say that self is our heritage, I mean that we can choose nothing but what we inherit through self.

For in His wisdom He assigned two even weights for our Lord’s love.

Our Lord Jesus May be compared in heaven as an Individual one to a king seated in his palace.

We can see that His joy is now to have us come to Him belittle and humbly as we are able to be regarded.

Just as God knows all things according to his one act, so we know all things according to one impact.

Instead of complaining about our limitations, we should delight in them, for God makes His dwelling in our limitations.

In our Lord God we have various plants, but all one goodness.

Desire wisdom because she deigns to know you.

Angry will not get you anywhere; it will only take you further from the joys of God.

Our Lord may be compared, in heaven, to a king seated in his palace.

We have a tender love for his mankind, and greatly desires our perfection.

We can see joy in his love, though we see ourselves unable to attain it.

For in his wisdom, he appointed two equal weights for his love that he had toward us.

If we are to live well and do well in love, then we must have power to suffer hard things.

We shall never cease desiring Him till the time we have Him in entirety.

In love we may choose which we will follow, but we cannot choose or refuse the sweetness of love.

All Heavens music played in a wondrous lovely harmony.

Pray with a humble and contrite heart, and you will be heard.

In his love he made I sing, melody, and story, and every way that God gave it to me.

In Holy Church, the Father of Heaven mercifully reveals the love process that will never cease for love which never has ceased.

God is the ground, the substance, the teaching, the teacher, the purpose, and the reward for every heart.

Love is the agent, helper, and leader in our soul’s life; and the Holy Spirit is Love, rousing and teaching us.

Seek and thou shall find, only through God’s merciful guidance.

O blessed Jesus! In your creatures are found intercession and the acclamation of your most loving being. Eternal thanks to you!