The soul that walks in love neither tires others nor grows tired.
JOHN OF THE CROSSWhere there is no love, pour love in, and you will draw love out.
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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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If it were given to a man to see virtue’s reward in the next world, he would occupy his intellect, memory and will in nothing but good works, careless of danger or fatigue.
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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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Beloved, all that is harsh and difficult I want for myself, and all that is gentle and sweet for thee.
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Lord, I shall see you no more with the eyes of the flesh.
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The eternal tide flows hid in Living Bread. That with its Heavenly Life too be fed.
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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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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 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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The road is narrow. He who wishes to travel it more easily must cast off all things and use the cross as his cane. In other words, he must be truly resolved to suffer willingly for the love of God in all things.
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God is a dark night to man in this life.
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A Christian should always remember that the value of his good works is not based on their number and excellence, but on the love of God which prompts him to do these things.
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In sorrow and suffering, go straight to God with confidence, and you will be strengthened, enlightened and instructed.
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At the evening of life, we shall be judged on our 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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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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He who avoids prayer is avoiding everything that is good.
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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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Now that I no longer desire all, I have it all without desire.
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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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Desolation is a file, and the endurance of darkness is preparation for great light.
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There is nothing better or more necessary than love.
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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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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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He who loses an opportunity is like the man who lets a bird fly from his hand, for he will never recover it.
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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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