When there is no love, pour in love and you shall draw out love.
JOHN OF THE CROSSA 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.
More John of the Cross Quotes
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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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Faith is the union of God and the soul.
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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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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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Where there is no love, pour love in, and you will draw love out.
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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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Desolation is a file, and the endurance of darkness is preparation for great light.
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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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Let my soul live as if separated from my body.
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Obedience is a penance of reason, and, on that account, a sacrifice more acceptable than all corporal penances and mortifications.
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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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He who loves is not ashamed before men of what he does for God, neither does he hide it through shame though the whole world should condemn it.
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The window of the soul cleansed perfectly and made completely transparent by the divine light.
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At the evening of life, we shall be judged on our love.
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God is a dark night to man in this life.
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