John Of The Cross Quotes

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My sole occupation is love.

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Let all find COMPASSION in YOU.

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Who teaches the soul if not God?

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Silence is God's first language.

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Faith is the union of God and the soul.

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God leads every soul by a separate path.

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God is a dark night to man in this life.

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Let my soul live as if separated from my body.

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There is nothing better or morenecessary than love.

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At the evening of life, we shall be judged on our love.

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He who avoids prayer is avoiding everything that is good.

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Lord, I shall see you no more with the eyes of the flesh.

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At the end of our life, we shall all be judged by charity.

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My spirit has become dry because it forgets to feed on You.

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In the dark night of the soul, bright flows the river of God.

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Now that I no longer desire all, I have it all without desire.

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When there is no love, pour in love and you shall draw out love.

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Where there is no love, pour love in, and you will draw love out.

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The soul that walks in love neither tires others nor grows tired.

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Faith is a dark night for man, but in this very way it gives him light.

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Not to follow the advice of our confessor is pride and a want of faith.

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Whoever does not seek the cross of Christ doesn't seek the glory of Christ.

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If you do not learn to deny yourself, you can make no progress in perfection.

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The purest suffering bears and carries in its train the purest understanding.

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Desolation is a file, and the endurance of darkness is preparation for great light.

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The eternal tide flows hid in Living Bread. That with its Heavenly Life too be fed.

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Yearning: It needs to hurt in order to be worthy of the word. Otherwise it is just wanting.

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The window of the soul cleansed perfectly and made completely transparent by the divine light

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To love is to be transformed into what we love. To love God is therefore to be transformed into God.

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Whenever anything disagreeable or displeasing happens to you, remember Christ crucified and be silent.

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Beloved, all that is harsh and difficult I want for myself, and all that is gentle and sweet for thee.

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God desires the smallest degree of purity of conscience in you more than all the works you can perform.

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If you lose an opportunity you will be like one who lets the bird fly away; you will never get it back.

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They say, "God told me", or "God replied to me". And yet most of the time they are talking to themselves.

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God passes through the thicket of the world, and wherever His glance falls He turns all things to beauty.

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Love consists not in feeling great things but in having great detachment and in suffering for the Beloved.

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Seek in reading and thou shalt find in meditation; knock in prayer and it shall be opened in contemplation.

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He who loses an opportunity is like the man who lets a bird fly from his hand, for he will never recover it.

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Strive always to confess your sins with a deep knowledge of your own wretchedness and with clarity and purity.

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Seek in reading and you will find in meditation; knock in prayer and it will be opened to you in contemplation.

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In the inner stillness where meditation leads, the Spirit secretly anoints the soul and heals our deepest wounds.

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Live as though only God and yourself were in this world, so that your heart may not be detained by anything human.

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In sorrow and suffering, go straight to God with confidence, and you will be strengthened, enlightened and instructed.

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It is great wisdom to know how to be silent and to look at neither the remarks, nor the deeds, nor the lives of others.

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Live in the world as if only God and your soul were in it; then your heart will never be made captive by any earthly thing.

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In tribulation immediately draw near to God with confidence, and you will receive strength, enlightenment, and instruction.

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Have a great love for those who contradict and fail to love you, for in this way love is begotten in a heart that has no love.

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The virtuous soul that is alone and without a master is like a long lone burning coal; it will grow colder rather than hotter.

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Obedience is a penance of reason, and, on that account, a sacrifice more acceptable than all corporal penances and mortifications.

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In the twilight of life, God will not judge us on our earthly possessions and human success, but rather on how much we have loved.