Where there is no love, pour love in, and you will draw love out.
JOHN OF THE CROSSFaith is a dark night for man, but in this very way it gives him light.
More John of the Cross Quotes
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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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Beloved, all that is harsh and difficult I want for myself, and all that is gentle and sweet for thee.
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My sole occupation is love.
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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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Obedience is a penance of reason, and, on that account, a sacrifice more acceptable than all corporal penances and mortifications.
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Whenever anything disagreeable or displeasing happens to you, remember Christ crucified and be silent.
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He who avoids prayer is avoiding everything that is good.
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The eternal tide flows hid in Living Bread. That with its Heavenly Life too be fed.
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Faith is the union of God and the soul.
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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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Faith is a dark night for man, but in this very way it gives him light.
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In the dark night of the soul, bright flows the river of God.
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Who teaches the soul if not God?
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Let all find COMPASSION in YOU.
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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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