Let my soul live as if separated from my body.
JOHN OF THE CROSSLive in faith and hope, though it be in darkness, for in this darkness God protects the soul. Cast your care upon God for you are His and He will not forget you. Do not think that He is leaving you alone, for that would be to wrong Him.
More John of the Cross Quotes
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In the dark night of the soul, bright flows the river of God.
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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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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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Silence is God’s first language.
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He who avoids prayer is avoiding everything that is good.
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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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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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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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At the evening of life, we shall be judged on our love.
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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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My sole occupation is love.
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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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There is nothing better or more necessary than love.
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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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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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