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.
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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To love is to be transformed into what we love. To love God is therefore to be transformed into God.
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God is a dark night to man in this life.
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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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All the powers of soul and body, memory, understanding, and will, interior and exterior senses, the desires of spirit and of sense, all workin and by love.
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Faith is a dark night for man, but in this very way it gives him light.
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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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Now that I no longer desire all, I have it all without desire.
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The soul that walks in love neither tires others nor grows tired.
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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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The purest suffering bears and carries in its train the purest understanding.
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Let all find COMPASSION in YOU.
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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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See that you are not suddenly saddened by the adversities of this world, for you do not know the good they bring, being ordained in the judgments of God for the everlasting joy of the elect.
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Beloved, all that is harsh and difficult I want for myself, and all that is gentle and sweet for thee.
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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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Whoever does not seek the cross of Christ doesn’t seek the glory of Christ.
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My sole occupation is love.
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When there is no love, pour in love and you shall draw out love.
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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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Lord, I shall see you no more with the eyes of the flesh.
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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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Silence is God’s first language.
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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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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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Seek in reading and thou shalt find in meditation; knock in prayer and it shall be opened in contemplation.
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