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Seek in reading and thou shalt find in meditation; knock in prayer and it shall be opened in contemplation.

John of the Cross

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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Courage Goodness Man Path Perseverance Spirit
God leads every soul by a separate path.
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God Leadership Path Separate
The soul that walks in love neither tires others nor grows tired.
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Growth Love Soul Walk
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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Complain Fragile Himself Humble Listening Talk
The eternal tide flows hid in Living Bread. That with its Heavenly Life too be fed.
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Feed Flow Heaven Life
Whoever does not seek the cross of Christ doesn’t seek the glory of Christ.
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Glory God Seek
Yearning: It needs to hurt in order to be worthy of the word. Otherwise it is just wanting.
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Hurt Need Word Worth
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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Care Intellectual Man Memories See Virtue
My sole occupation is love.
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Love Occupation One Liner
The window of the soul cleansed perfectly and made completely transparent by the divine light.
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Divine Light Perfection Soul Window
Let my soul live as if separated from my body.
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Body Myself Separate Soul Spirit
Lord, I shall see you no more with the eyes of the flesh.
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Eyes Myself See
God passes through the thicket of the world, and wherever His glance falls He turns all things to beauty.
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Beautiful Fall God World
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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Alone Burn Cold Growth Hot Master Soul Virtue
Never give up prayer, and should you find dryness and difficulty, persevere in it for this very reason. God often desires to see what love your soul has, and love is not tried by ease and satisfaction.
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Desire Difficult Give Up God Love Prayer Reason Satisfaction Soul
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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Fear Flower Love Mountain Myself Search Wild

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