In sorrow and suffering, go straight to God with confidence, and you will be strengthened, enlightened and instructed.
JOHN OF THE CROSSTo love is to be transformed into what we love. To love God is therefore to be transformed into God.
More John of the Cross Quotes
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He who loses an opportunity is like the man who lets a bird fly from his hand, for he will never recover it.
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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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If you lose an opportunity you will be like one who lets the bird fly away; you will never get it back.
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In the dark night of the soul, bright flows the river of God.
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Faith is a dark night for man, but in this very way it gives him light.
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Desolation is a file, and the endurance of darkness is preparation for great light.
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They say, “God told me”, or “God replied to me”. And yet most of the time they are talking to themselves.
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Oh, night that guided me, Oh, night more lovely than the dawn,Oh, night that joined Beloved with lover, Lover transformed in the Beloved!
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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 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.
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Never relax, for you will not attain to the possession of true spiritual delights if first you do not learn to deny your every desire.
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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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God passes through the thicket of the world, and wherever His glance falls He turns all things to beauty.
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My sole occupation is love.
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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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