Desolation is a file, and the endurance of darkness is preparation for great light.
JOHN OF THE CROSSLive as though only God and yourself were in this world, so that your heart may not be detained by anything human.
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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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There is nothing better or more necessary than love.
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Lord, I shall see you no more with the eyes of the flesh.
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Live 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.
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Silence is God’s first language.
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Whoever does not seek the cross of Christ doesn’t seek the glory of Christ.
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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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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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In the dark night of the soul, bright flows the river of God.
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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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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 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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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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Faith is a dark night for man, but in this very way it gives him light.
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Live as though only God and yourself were in this world, so that your heart may not be detained by anything human.
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