God leads every soul by a separate path.
JOHN OF THE CROSSOh, night that guided me, Oh, night more lovely than the dawn,Oh, night that joined Beloved with lover, Lover transformed in the Beloved!
More John of the Cross Quotes
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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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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.
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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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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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Let all find COMPASSION in YOU.
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Whenever anything disagreeable or displeasing happens to you, remember Christ crucified and be silent.
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Whoever does not seek the cross of Christ doesn’t seek the glory of Christ.
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At the end of our life, we shall all be judged by charity.
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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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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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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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Let my soul live as if separated from my body.
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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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Though the path is plain and smooth for men of good will, he who walks it will not travel far, and will do so only with difficulty, if he does not have good feet: that is, courage and a persevering spirit.
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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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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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Now that I no longer desire all, I have it all without desire.
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Silence is God’s first language.
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God desires the smallest degree of purity of conscience in you more than all the works you can perform.
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Desolation is a file, and the endurance of darkness is preparation for great light.
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Yearning: It needs to hurt in order to be worthy of the word. Otherwise it is just wanting.
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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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My spirit has become dry because it forgets to feed on You.
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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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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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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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