Not to follow the advice of our confessor is pride and a want of faith.
JOHN OF THE CROSSAll the powers of soul and body, memory, understanding, and will, interior and exterior senses, the desires of spirit and of sense, all workin and by love.
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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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At the end of our life, we shall all be judged by charity.
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To love is to be transformed into what we love. To love God is therefore to be transformed into God.
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Now that I no longer desire all, I have it all without desire.
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When there is no love, pour in love and you shall draw out love.
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Never listen to accounts of the frailty of others; and if anyone should complain to you of another, humbly ask him not to speak about him at all.
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Faith is a dark night for man, but in this very way it gives him light.
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All the powers of soul and body, memory, understanding, and will, interior and exterior senses, the desires of spirit and of sense, all workin and by love.
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In the dark night of the soul, bright flows the river of God.
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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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God leads every soul by a separate path.
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The soul that walks in love neither tires others nor grows tired.
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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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Let all find COMPASSION in YOU.
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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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