Desolation is a file, and the endurance of darkness is preparation for great light.
JOHN OF THE CROSSSilence is God’s first language.
More John of the Cross Quotes
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The purest suffering bears and carries in its train the purest understanding.
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In the dark night of the soul, bright flows the river of God.
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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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Beloved, all that is harsh and difficult I want for myself, and all that is gentle and sweet for thee.
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God leads every soul by a separate path.
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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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There is nothing better or more necessary than love.
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Whenever anything disagreeable or displeasing happens to you, remember Christ crucified and be silent.
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Faith is a dark night for man, but in this very way it gives him light.
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The soul that walks in love neither tires others nor grows tired.
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Now that I no longer desire all, I have it all without desire.
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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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He who avoids prayer is avoiding everything that is good.
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If it were given to a man to see virtue’s reward in the next world, he would occupy his intellect, memory and will in nothing but good works, careless of danger or fatigue.
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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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