Yearning: It needs to hurt in order to be worthy of the word. Otherwise it is just wanting.
JOHN OF THE CROSSThe eternal tide flows hid in Living Bread. That with its Heavenly Life too be fed.
More John of the Cross Quotes
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Let my soul live as if separated from my body.
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There is nothing better or more necessary than love.
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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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Though the path is plain and smooth for men of good will, he who walks it will not travel far, and will do so only with difficulty, if he does not have good feet: that is, courage and a persevering spirit.
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He who loves is not ashamed before men of what he does for God, neither does he hide it through shame though the whole world should condemn it.
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My spirit has become dry because it forgets to feed on You.
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The eternal tide flows hid in Living Bread. That with its Heavenly Life too be fed.
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God leads every soul by a separate path.
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Obedience is a penance of reason, and, on that account, a sacrifice more acceptable than all corporal penances and mortifications.
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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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Seek in reading and thou shalt find in meditation; knock in prayer and it shall be opened in contemplation.
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Oh, night that guided me, Oh, night more lovely than the dawn,Oh, night that joined Beloved with lover, Lover transformed in the Beloved!
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Whenever anything disagreeable or displeasing happens to you, remember Christ crucified and be silent.
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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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The soul that walks in love neither tires others nor grows tired.
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