Spiritual inebriation is this: that a man receives more sensible joy and sweetness than his heart can either contain or desire. (John Ruysbroeck)

Spiritual inebriation is this: that a man receives more sensible joy and sweetness than his heart can either contain or desire.

John Ruysbroeck

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