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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.

John of the Cross

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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 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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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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Not to follow the advice of our confessor is pride and a want of faith.
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Let my soul live as if separated from my body.
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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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Now that I no longer desire all, I have it all without desire.
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God is a dark night to man in this life.
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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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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 you will find in meditation; knock in prayer and it will be opened to you in contemplation.
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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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They say, “God told me”, or “God replied to me”. And yet most of the time they are talking to themselves.
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If you do not learn to deny yourself, you can make no progress in perfection.
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The purest suffering bears and carries in its train the purest understanding.
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