Seek in reading and you will find in meditation; knock in prayer and it will be opened to you in contemplation.
JOHN OF THE CROSSWhenever anything disagreeable or displeasing happens to you, remember Christ crucified and be silent.
More John of the Cross Quotes
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My sole occupation is love.
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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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However softly we speak, God is so close to us that he can hear us; nor do we need wings to go in search of him, but merely to seek solitude and contemplate him within ourselves, without being surprised to find such a good Guest there.
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Love consists not in feeling great things but in having great detachment and in suffering for the Beloved.
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The soul of one who serves God always swims in joy, always keeps holiday, is always in her palace of jubilation, ever singing with fresh ardor and fresh pleasure a new song of joy and love.
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God desires the smallest degree of purity of conscience in you more than all the works you can perform.
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Strive always to confess your sins with a deep knowledge of your own wretchedness and with clarity and purity.
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Not to follow the advice of our confessor is pride and a want of faith.
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My spirit has become dry because it forgets to feed on You.
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Desolation is a file, and the endurance of darkness is preparation for great light.
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In the dark night of the soul, bright flows the river of God.
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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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God passes through the thicket of the world, and wherever His glance falls He turns all things to beauty.
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At the end of our life, we shall all be judged by charity.
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There is nothing better or more necessary than love.
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