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.
JOHN OF THE CROSSHe who interrupts the course of his spiritual exercises and prayer is like a man who allows a bird to escape from his hand; he can hardly catch it again.
More John of the Cross Quotes
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Beloved, all that is harsh and difficult I want for myself, and all that is gentle and sweet for thee.
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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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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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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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God desires the smallest degree of purity of conscience in you more than all the works you can perform.
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God is a dark night to man in this life.
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When there is no love, pour in love and you shall draw out love.
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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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Lord, I shall see you no more with the eyes of the flesh.
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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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My sole occupation is love.
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Let my soul live as if separated from my body.
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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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In sorrow and suffering, go straight to God with confidence, and you will be strengthened, enlightened and instructed.
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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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