Lord, I shall see you no more with the eyes of the flesh.
JOHN OF THE CROSSIn tribulation immediately draw near to God with confidence, and you will receive strength, enlightenment, and instruction.
More John of the Cross Quotes
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Let my soul live as if separated from my body.
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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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The eternal tide flows hid in Living Bread. That with its Heavenly Life too be fed.
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The soul that walks in love neither tires others nor grows tired.
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He who avoids prayer is avoiding everything that is good.
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Let all find COMPASSION in YOU.
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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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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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In the dark night of the soul, bright flows the river of God.
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Now that I no longer desire all, I have it all without desire.
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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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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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Yearning: It needs to hurt in order to be worthy of the word. Otherwise it is just wanting.
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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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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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