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 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.
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The window of the soul cleansed perfectly and made completely transparent by the divine light.
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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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Where there is no love, pour love in, and you will draw love out.
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Let my soul live as if separated from my body.
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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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Contemplation is nothing else but a secret, peaceful, and loving infusion of God, which, if admitted, will set the soul on fire with the Spirit of love.
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Lord, I shall see you no more with the eyes of the flesh.
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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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When there is no love, pour in love and you shall draw out love.
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Strive always to confess your sins with a deep knowledge of your own wretchedness and with clarity and purity.
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Silence is God’s first language.
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Now that I no longer desire all, I have it all without desire.
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Not to follow the advice of our confessor is pride and a want of faith.
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He who interrupts the course of his spiritual exercises and prayer is like a man who allows a bird to escape from his hand; he can hardly catch it again.
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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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