Whenever anything disagreeable or displeasing happens to you, remember Christ crucified and be silent.
JOHN OF THE CROSSAbide 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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The eternal tide flows hid in Living Bread. That with its Heavenly Life too be fed.
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Now that I no longer desire all, I have it all without desire.
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Desolation is a file, and the endurance of darkness is preparation for great light.
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There is nothing better or more necessary than love.
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In tribulation immediately draw near to God with confidence, and you will receive strength, enlightenment, and instruction.
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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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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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Faith is a dark night for man, but in this very way it gives him 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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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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God leads every soul by a separate path.
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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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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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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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