He who avoids prayer is avoiding everything that is good.
JOHN OF THE CROSSOh, night that guided me, Oh, night more lovely than the dawn,Oh, night that joined Beloved with lover, Lover transformed in the Beloved!
More John of the Cross Quotes
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My spirit has become dry because it forgets to feed on You.
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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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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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Faith is the union of God and the soul.
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Let all find COMPASSION in YOU.
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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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Faith is a dark night for man, but in this very way it gives him light.
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Now that I no longer desire all, I have it all without desire.
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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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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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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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Have a great love for those who contradict and fail to love you, for in this way love is begotten in a heart that has no love.
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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 purest suffering bears and carries in its train the purest understanding.
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