In the inner stillness where meditation leads, the Spirit secretly anoints the soul and heals our deepest wounds.
JOHN OF THE CROSSIn 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.
More John of the Cross Quotes
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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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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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Silence is God’s first language.
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If you do not learn to deny yourself, you can make no progress in perfection.
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The window of the soul cleansed perfectly and made completely transparent by the divine light.
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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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Whoever does not seek the cross of Christ doesn’t seek the glory of Christ.
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God is a dark night to man in this life.
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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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At the end of our life, we shall all be judged by charity.
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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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God passes through the thicket of the world, and wherever His glance falls He turns all things to beauty.
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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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The soul that walks in love neither tires others nor grows tired.
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My sole occupation is love.
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