They say, “God told me”, or “God replied to me”. And yet most of the time they are talking to themselves.
JOHN OF THE CROSSNot to follow the advice of our confessor is pride and a want of faith.
More John of the Cross Quotes
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God leads every soul by a separate path.
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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 virtuous soul that is alone and without a master is like a long lone burning coal; it will grow colder rather than hotter.
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Now that I no longer desire all, I have it all without desire.
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Take God for your spouse and friend and walk with him continually, and you will not sin and will learn to love, and the things you must do will work out prosperously for you.
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He who avoids prayer is avoiding everything that is good.
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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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Seek in reading and you will find in meditation; knock in prayer and it will be opened to you in contemplation.
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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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In the inner stillness where meditation leads, the Spirit secretly anoints the soul and heals our deepest wounds.
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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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Seek in reading and thou shalt find in meditation; knock in prayer and it shall be opened in contemplation.
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The purest suffering bears and carries in its train the purest understanding.
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Do not let your “eye” be drawn by the false “beacon lamps” -of wealth, or position, or fame, or possessions. Be vigilant over your will and desires, for these are the corrupt forces that dwell within, and keep you from living free.
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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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Lord, I shall see you no more with the eyes of the flesh.
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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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The road is narrow. He who wishes to travel it more easily must cast off all things and use the cross as his cane. In other words, he must be truly resolved to suffer willingly for the love of God in all things.
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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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Let all find COMPASSION in YOU.
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Never give up prayer, and should you find dryness and difficulty, persevere in it for this very reason. God often desires to see what love your soul has, and love is not tried by ease and satisfaction.
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The soul that journey’s to God, but doesn’t shake off it’s cares and quiet it’s appetities, is like someone who drags a cart of dirt uphill.
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In the twilight of life, God will not judge us on our earthly possessions and human success, but rather on how much we have loved.
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Not to follow the advice of our confessor is pride and a want of faith.
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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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At the end of our life, we shall all be judged by charity.
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