Obedience is a penance of reason, and, on that account, a sacrifice more acceptable than all corporal penances and mortifications.
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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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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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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My sole occupation is love.
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In the inner stillness where meditation leads, the Spirit secretly anoints the soul and heals our deepest wounds.
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If you do not learn to deny yourself, you can make no progress in perfection.
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At the evening of life, we shall be judged on our love.
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Lord, I shall see you no more with the eyes of the flesh.
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Let all find COMPASSION in YOU.
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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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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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In the dark night of the soul, bright flows the river of God.
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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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Faith is the union of God and the soul.
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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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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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