To reach satisfaction in all desire its possession in nothing, To come to the knowledge of all desire the knowledge of nothing. To come to possess all desire the possession of nothing. To arrive at being all desire to be nothing.
JOHN OF THE CROSSHe who avoids prayer is avoiding everything that is good.
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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 thou shalt find in meditation; knock in prayer and it shall be opened in contemplation.
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Lord, I shall see you no more with the eyes of the flesh.
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Faith is a dark night for man, but in this very way it gives him light.
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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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Not to follow the advice of our confessor is pride and a want of faith.
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Contemplation is nothing else but a secret, peaceful, and loving infusion of God, which, if admitted, will set the soul on fire with the Spirit of love.
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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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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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The purest suffering bears and carries in its train the purest understanding.
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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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My sole occupation is love.
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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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To love is to be transformed into what we love. To love God is therefore to be transformed into God.
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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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