Johannes Tauler

"God is infinite and without end, but the soul's desire is an abyss which cannot be filled except by a Good which is infinite; and the more ardently the soul longeth after God, the more she wills to long after him; for God is a Good without drawback, and a well of living water without bottom, and the soul is made in the image of God, and therefore it is created to know and love God."

Johannes Tauler (1300?-1361) was a Dominican monk and mystic, influenced by Meister Eckhart. A fiery-tongued preacher, he sought to bring his hearers to the contemplation of their divine essence, instead of performing perfunctory "religious exercises."

He became closely associated with the leaders of a new mystical movement called "the Friends of God", which was devoted to spreading Eckhart’s teachings.