If you do not learn to deny yourself, you can make no progress in perfection.
JOHN OF THE CROSSSilence is God’s first language.
More John of the Cross Quotes
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Never listen to accounts of the frailty of others; and if anyone should complain to you of another, humbly ask him not to speak about him at all.
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The soul that journey’s to God, but doesn’t shake off it’s cares and quiet it’s appetities, is like someone who drags a cart of dirt uphill.
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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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Seek in reading and you will find in meditation; knock in prayer and it will be opened to you in contemplation.
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Whoever does not seek the cross of Christ doesn’t seek the glory of Christ.
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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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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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The purest suffering bears and carries in its train the purest understanding.
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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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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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Strive always to confess your sins with a deep knowledge of your own wretchedness and with clarity and purity.
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They say, “God told me”, or “God replied to me”. And yet most of the time they are talking to themselves.
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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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God passes through the thicket of the world, and wherever His glance falls He turns all things to beauty.
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The soul that walks in love neither tires others nor grows tired.
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