In search of my Love I will go over mountains and strands; I will gather no flowers, I will fear no wild beasts; And pass by the mighty and the frontiers.
JOHN OF THE CROSSThere is nothing better or more necessary than love.
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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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The purest suffering bears and carries in its train the purest understanding.
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To love is to be transformed into what we love. To love God is therefore to be transformed into God.
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Silence is God’s first language.
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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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Beloved, all that is harsh and difficult I want for myself, and all that is gentle and sweet for thee.
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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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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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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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If you do not learn to deny yourself, you can make no progress in perfection.
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There is nothing better or more necessary than love.
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Let my soul live as if separated from my body.
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Now that I no longer desire all, I have it all without desire.
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Whenever anything disagreeable or displeasing happens to you, remember Christ crucified and be silent.
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God leads every soul by a separate path.
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