Oh, night that guided me, Oh, night more lovely than the dawn,Oh, night that joined Beloved with lover, Lover transformed in the Beloved!
JOHN OF THE CROSSWhenever anything disagreeable or displeasing happens to you, remember Christ crucified and be silent.
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To reach satisfaction in all desire its possession in nothing, To come to the knowledge of all desire the knowledge of nothing. To come to possess all desire the possession of nothing. To arrive at being all desire to be nothing.
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Faith is the union of God and the soul.
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God leads every soul by a separate path.
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Let my soul live as if separated from my body.
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My sole occupation is love.
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Silence is God’s first language.
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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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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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Now that I no longer desire all, I have it all without desire.
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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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The soul that walks in love neither tires others nor grows tired.
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Faith is a dark night for man, but in this very way it gives him light.
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Yearning: It needs to hurt in order to be worthy of the word. Otherwise it is just wanting.
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The purest suffering bears and carries in its train the purest understanding.
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He who interrupts the course of his spiritual exercises and prayer is like a man who allows a bird to escape from his hand; he can hardly catch it again.
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