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.
JOHN OF THE CROSSA Christian should always remember that the value of his good works is not based on their number and excellence, but on the love of God which prompts him to do these things.
More John of the Cross Quotes
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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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In sorrow and suffering, go straight to God with confidence, and you will be strengthened, enlightened and instructed.
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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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Silence is God’s first language.
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Abide in peace, banish cares, take no account of all that happens, and you will serve God according to his good pleasure and rest in him.
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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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He who loves is not ashamed before men of what he does for God, neither does he hide it through shame though the whole world should condemn it.
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God is a dark night to man in this life.
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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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God passes through the thicket of the world, and wherever His glance falls He turns all things to beauty.
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At the end of our life, we shall all be judged by charity.
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Faith is a dark night for man, but in this very way it gives him light.
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Whenever anything disagreeable or displeasing happens to you, remember Christ crucified and be silent.
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The purest suffering bears and carries in its train the purest understanding.
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