Who teaches the soul if not God?
JOHN OF THE CROSSHave 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.
More John of the Cross Quotes
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Silence is God’s first language.
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The road is narrow. He who wishes to travel it more easily must cast off all things and use the cross as his cane. In other words, he must be truly resolved to suffer willingly for the love of God in all things.
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Not to follow the advice of our confessor is pride and a want of faith.
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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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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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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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Never relax, for you will not attain to the possession of true spiritual delights if first you do not learn to deny your every desire.
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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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In sorrow and suffering, go straight to God with confidence, and you will be strengthened, enlightened and instructed.
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Though the path is plain and smooth for men of good will, he who walks it will not travel far, and will do so only with difficulty, if he does not have good feet: that is, courage and a persevering spirit.
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Take God for your spouse and friend and walk with him continually, and you will not sin and will learn to love, and the things you must do will work out prosperously for you.
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If it were given to a man to see virtue’s reward in the next world, he would occupy his intellect, memory and will in nothing but good works, careless of danger or fatigue.
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The window of the soul cleansed perfectly and made completely transparent by the divine light.
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Faith is a dark night for man, but in this very way it gives him light.
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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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