Yearning: It needs to hurt in order to be worthy of the word. Otherwise it is just wanting.
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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God leads every soul by a separate path.
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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.
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The purest suffering bears and carries in its train the purest understanding.
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See that you are not suddenly saddened by the adversities of this world, for you do not know the good they bring, being ordained in the judgments of God for the everlasting joy of the elect.
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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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Who teaches the soul if not God?
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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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To love is to be transformed into what we love. To love God is therefore to be transformed into God.
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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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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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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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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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The window of the soul cleansed perfectly and made completely transparent by the divine light.
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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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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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Strive always to confess your sins with a deep knowledge of your own wretchedness and with clarity and purity.
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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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Faith is the union of God and the soul.
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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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God is a dark night to man in this life.
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Whoever does not seek the cross of Christ doesn’t seek the glory of Christ.
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The soul that walks in love neither tires others nor grows tired.
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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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Beloved, all that is harsh and difficult I want for myself, and all that is gentle and sweet for thee.
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Do not let your “eye” be drawn by the false “beacon lamps” -of wealth, or position, or fame, or possessions. Be vigilant over your will and desires, for these are the corrupt forces that dwell within, and keep you from living free.
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Silence is God’s first language.
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