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 CROSSContemplation 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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The soul that journey’s to God, but doesn’t shake off it’s cares and quiet it’s appetities, is like someone who drags a cart of dirt uphill.
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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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Do not let your “eye” be drawn by the false “beacon lamps” -of wealth, or position, or fame, or possessions. Be vigilant over your will and desires, for these are the corrupt forces that dwell within, and keep you from living free.
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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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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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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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Silence is God’s first language.
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Who teaches the soul if not God?
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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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Live as though only God and yourself were in this world, so that your heart may not be detained by anything human.
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Let my soul live as if separated from my body.
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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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The window of the soul cleansed perfectly and made completely transparent by the divine light.
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In the twilight of life, God will not judge us on our earthly possessions and human success, but rather on how much we have loved.
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There is nothing better or more necessary than love.
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Love consists not in feeling great things but in having great detachment and in suffering for the Beloved.
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The eternal tide flows hid in Living Bread. That with its Heavenly Life too be fed.
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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 faith and hope, though it be in darkness, for in this darkness God protects the soul. Cast your care upon God for you are His and He will not forget you. Do not think that He is leaving you alone, for that would be to wrong Him.
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The soul that walks in love neither tires others nor grows tired.
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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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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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God is a dark night to man in this life.
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In 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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