A Christian should always remember that the value of his good works is not based on their number and excellence, but on the love of God which prompts him to do these things.
JOHN OF THE CROSSHave 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.
More John of the Cross Quotes
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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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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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In the inner stillness where meditation leads, the Spirit secretly anoints the soul and heals our deepest wounds.
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If it were given to a man to see virtue’s reward in the next world, he would occupy his intellect, memory and will in nothing but good works, careless of danger or fatigue.
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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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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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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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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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There is nothing better or more necessary than love.
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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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Whoever does not seek the cross of Christ doesn’t seek the glory of Christ.
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Let all find COMPASSION in YOU.
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He who avoids prayer is avoiding everything that is good.
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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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Where there is no love, pour love in, and you will draw love out.
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