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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.

John of the Cross

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Let all find COMPASSION in YOU.
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God leads every soul by a separate path.
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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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The eternal tide flows hid in Living Bread. That with its Heavenly Life too be fed.
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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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Seek in reading and thou shalt find in meditation; knock in prayer and it shall be opened in contemplation.
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Where there is no love, pour love in, and you will draw love out.
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Faith is a dark night for man, but in this very way it gives him light.
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Desolation is a file, and the endurance of darkness is preparation for great light.
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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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Strive always to confess your sins with a deep knowledge of your own wretchedness and with clarity and purity.
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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.
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The purest suffering bears and carries in its train the purest understanding.
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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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Obedience is a penance of reason, and, on that account, a sacrifice more acceptable than all corporal penances and mortifications.
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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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