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 CROSSFaith is the union of God and the soul.
More John of the Cross Quotes
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He who avoids prayer is avoiding everything that is good.
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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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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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My spirit has become dry because it forgets to feed on You.
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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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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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In the inner stillness where meditation leads, the Spirit secretly anoints the soul and heals our deepest wounds.
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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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Who teaches the soul if not God?
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The eternal tide flows hid in Living Bread. That with its Heavenly Life too be fed.
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If you do not learn to deny yourself, you can make no progress in perfection.
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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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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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Beloved, all that is harsh and difficult I want for myself, and all that is gentle and sweet for thee.
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