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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.

John of the Cross

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Where there is no love, pour love in, and you will draw love out.
JOHN OF THE CROSS

Love Yourself
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.
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Failure Greatness Heart Love
My spirit has become dry because it forgets to feed on You.
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Dry Forget Spirit Yourself
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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Who teaches the soul if not God?
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God Soul Spiritual Teaching
Desolation is a file, and the endurance of darkness is preparation for great light.
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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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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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In the twilight of life, God will not judge us on our earthly possessions and human success, but rather on how much we have loved.
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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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Meditation Open Prayer Reading Seek Yourself
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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God Goodness Need Ourselves Seek Soft Solitude Surprise Talk Wings
Silence is God’s first language.
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God Language One Liner Silence
Whoever does not seek the cross of Christ doesn’t seek the glory of Christ.
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Glory God Seek
In the dark night of the soul, bright flows the river of God.
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Darkness God Night River Soul
In tribulation immediately draw near to God with confidence, and you will receive strength, enlightenment, and instruction.
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Confidence God Instruction Strength Yourself
Obedience is a penance of reason, and, on that account, a sacrifice more acceptable than all corporal penances and mortifications.
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Acceptance Obedience Reason Sacrifice

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