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In the inner stillness where meditation leads, the Spirit secretly anoints the soul and heals our deepest wounds.

John of the Cross

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
The soul that walks in love neither tires others nor grows tired.
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Growth Love Soul Walk
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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Delight Desire Learning Possession Spiritual True Yourself
Let my soul live as if separated from my body.
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Body Myself Separate Soul Spirit
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
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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Earth God Human Judgement Life Love Possession Success
Now that I no longer desire all, I have it all without desire.
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Desire Gratitude Myself
All the powers of soul and body, memory, understanding, and will, interior and exterior senses, the desires of spirit and of sense, all workin and by love.
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Body Desire Love Memories Power Soul Work
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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Hands Himself Lose Man Opportunity Recovery
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
God is a dark night to man in this life.
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Darkness God Life Man Night
At the evening of life, we shall be judged on our love.
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Evening Judgment Life Love Ourselves
When there is no love, pour in love and you shall draw out love.
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Draw Love
Strive always to confess your sins with a deep knowledge of your own wretchedness and with clarity and purity.
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Clarity Confession Purity Sin Strive
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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Adversity God Joy Judgement Sadness World
Whoever does not seek the cross of Christ doesn’t seek the glory of Christ.
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Glory God Seek

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