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God is a dark night to man in this life.

John of the Cross

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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God Human Live World Yourself
God is a dark night to man in this life.
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Darkness God Life Man Night
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 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
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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God Learning Live Prosperity Sin Walk Yourself
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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Guide Love Myself Night Transformation
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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God Myself Talk Time
See that you are not suddenly saddened by the adversities of this world, for you do not know the good they bring, being ordained in the judgments of God for the everlasting joy of the elect.
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Adversity God Joy Judgement Sadness World
The soul that walks in love neither tires others nor grows tired.
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Growth Love Soul Walk
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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Earth God Human Judgement Life Love Possession Success
The purest suffering bears and carries in its train the purest understanding.
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Purity Carry Training Understand
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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Greatness Live Remark Silence Wisdom
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
He who loses an opportunity is like the man who lets a bird fly from his hand, for he will never recover it.
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Hands Himself Lose Man Opportunity Recovery
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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Fear Flower Love Mountain Myself Search Wild
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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Easy God Road Suffering Travel Willing
God desires the smallest degree of purity of conscience in you more than all the works you can perform.
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Conscience Desire God Performance Purity Small Work
Do not let your “eye” be drawn by the false “beacon lamps” -of wealth, or position, or fame, or possessions. Be vigilant over your will and desires, for these are the corrupt forces that dwell within, and keep you from living free.
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Corruption Eyes Fame Live Position Possession Yourself
Strive always to confess your sins with a deep knowledge of your own wretchedness and with clarity and purity.
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Clarity Confession Purity Sin Strive
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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Alone Burn Cold Growth Hot Master Soul Virtue
When there is no love, pour in love and you shall draw out love.
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Draw Love
If you lose an opportunity you will be like one who lets the bird fly away; you will never get it back.
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Bird Lose Opportunity Yourself
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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Delight Desire Learning Possession Spiritual True Yourself
Though the path is plain and smooth for men of good will, he who walks it will not travel far, and will do so only with difficulty, if he does not have good feet: that is, courage and a persevering spirit.
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Courage Goodness Man Path Perseverance Spirit
Who teaches the soul if not God?
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God Soul Spiritual Teaching
At the end of our life, we shall all be judged by charity.
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Charity End Judgement Life

God is a dark night to man in this life.

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