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.
JOHN OF THE CROSSNever 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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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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God is a dark night to man in this life.
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Let my soul live as if separated from my body.
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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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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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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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Take God for your spouse and friend and walk with him continually, and you will not sin and will learn to love, and the things you must do will work out prosperously for you.
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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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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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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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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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Whenever anything disagreeable or displeasing happens to you, remember Christ crucified and be silent.
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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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In tribulation immediately draw near to God with confidence, and you will receive strength, enlightenment, and instruction.
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