He who loses an opportunity is like the man who lets a bird fly from his hand, for he will never recover it.
JOHN OF THE CROSSNever relax, for you will not attain to the possession of true spiritual delights if first you do not learn to deny your every desire.
More John of the Cross Quotes
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Let my soul live as if separated from my body.
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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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Lord, I shall see you no more with the eyes of the flesh.
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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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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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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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God passes through the thicket of the world, and wherever His glance falls He turns all things to beauty.
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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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If you do not learn to deny yourself, you can make no progress in perfection.
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Silence is God’s first language.
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However softly we speak, God is so close to us that he can hear us; nor do we need wings to go in search of him, but merely to seek solitude and contemplate him within ourselves, without being surprised to find such a good Guest there.
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Never relax, for you will not attain to the possession of true spiritual delights if first you do not learn to deny your every desire.
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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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Yearning: It needs to hurt in order to be worthy of the word. Otherwise it is just wanting.
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Who teaches the soul if not God?
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