God passes through the thicket of the world, and wherever His glance falls He turns all things to beauty.
JOHN OF THE CROSSWhoever does not seek the cross of Christ doesn’t seek the glory of Christ.
More John of the Cross Quotes
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Now that I no longer desire all, I have it all without desire.
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Who teaches the soul if not God?
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My spirit has become dry because it forgets to feed on You.
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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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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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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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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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If you do not learn to deny yourself, you can make no progress in perfection.
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Whoever does not seek the cross of Christ doesn’t seek the glory of Christ.
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Live in faith and hope, though it be in darkness, for in this darkness God protects the soul. Cast your care upon God for you are His and He will not forget you. Do not think that He is leaving you alone, for that would be to wrong 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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There is nothing better or more necessary than love.
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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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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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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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Silence is God’s first language.
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However softly we speak, God is so close to us that he can hear us; nor do we need wings to go in search of him, but merely to seek solitude and contemplate him within ourselves, without being surprised to find such a good Guest there.
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Whenever anything disagreeable or displeasing happens to you, remember Christ crucified and be silent.
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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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Seek in reading and thou shalt find in meditation; knock in prayer and it shall be opened in contemplation.
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A Christian should always remember that the value of his good works is not based on their number and excellence, but on the love of God which prompts him to do these things.
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Desolation is a file, and the endurance of darkness is preparation for great light.
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In the dark night of the soul, bright flows the river of God.
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The window of the soul cleansed perfectly and made completely transparent by the divine light.
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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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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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