When there is no love, pour in love and you shall draw out love.
JOHN OF THE CROSSIn the dark night of the soul, bright flows the river of God.
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Oh, night that guided me, Oh, night more lovely than the dawn,Oh, night that joined Beloved with lover, Lover transformed in the Beloved!
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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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Faith is a dark night for man, but in this very way it gives him light.
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Let all find COMPASSION in YOU.
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He who interrupts the course of his spiritual exercises and prayer is like a man who allows a bird to escape from his hand; he can hardly catch it again.
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Whenever anything disagreeable or displeasing happens to you, remember Christ crucified and be silent.
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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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Now that I no longer desire all, I have it all without desire.
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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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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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Faith is the union of God and the soul.
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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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The window of the soul cleansed perfectly and made completely transparent by the divine light.
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See that you are not suddenly saddened by the adversities of this world, for you do not know the good they bring, being ordained in the judgments of God for the everlasting joy of the elect.
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