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John of the Cross

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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Earth God Heart Himself Live Soul World
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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God Human Live World Yourself
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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Guide Love Myself Night Transformation
Whoever does not seek the cross of Christ doesn’t seek the glory of Christ.
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Glory God Seek
Beloved, all that is harsh and difficult I want for myself, and all that is gentle and sweet for thee.
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Devotion Difficult God Myself Tough
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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Failure Greatness Heart Love
Obedience is a penance of reason, and, on that account, a sacrifice more acceptable than all corporal penances and mortifications.
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Acceptance Obedience Reason Sacrifice
My spirit has become dry because it forgets to feed on You.
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Dry Forget Spirit Yourself
In search of my Love I will go over mountains and strands; I will gather no flowers, I will fear no wild beasts; And pass by the mighty and the frontiers.
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Fear Flower Love Mountain Myself Search Wild
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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Care Intellectual Man Memories See Virtue
God desires the smallest degree of purity of conscience in you more than all the works you can perform.
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Conscience Desire God Performance Purity Small Work
To love is to be transformed into what we love. To love God is therefore to be transformed into God.
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Deep God Love Transformation
Never give up prayer, and should you find dryness and difficulty, persevere in it for this very reason. God often desires to see what love your soul has, and love is not tried by ease and satisfaction.
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Desire Difficult Give Up God Love Prayer Reason Satisfaction Soul
God leads every soul by a separate path.
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God Leadership Path Separate
The purest suffering bears and carries in its train the purest understanding.
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Purity Carry Training Understand
The window of the soul cleansed perfectly and made completely transparent by the divine light.
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Divine Light Perfection Soul Window

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