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They say, “God told me”, or “God replied to me”. And yet most of the time they are talking to themselves.

John of the Cross

Never give up prayer, and should you find dryness and difficulty, persevere in it for this very reason. God often desires to see what love your soul has, and love is not tried by ease and satisfaction.
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Desire Difficult Give Up God Love Prayer Reason Satisfaction Soul
My spirit has become dry because it forgets to feed on You.
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Dry Forget Spirit Yourself
Seek in reading and thou shalt find in meditation; knock in prayer and it shall be opened in contemplation.
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Meditation Open Prayer Reading Seek
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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Desire Knowledge Possession Reach Satisfaction
The purest suffering bears and carries in its train the purest understanding.
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Purity Carry Training Understand
Faith is the union of God and the soul.
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Faith God Soul
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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Courage Goodness Man Path Perseverance Spirit
Now that I no longer desire all, I have it all without desire.
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Desire Gratitude Myself
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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Greatness Live Remark Silence Wisdom
My sole occupation is love.
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Love Occupation One Liner
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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Bird Lose Opportunity Yourself
Let my soul live as if separated from my body.
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Body Myself Separate Soul Spirit
He who loses an opportunity is like the man who lets a bird fly from his hand, for he will never recover it.
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Hands Himself Lose Man Opportunity Recovery
There is nothing better or more necessary than love.
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Better Love Necessary
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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Corruption Eyes Fame Live Position Possession Yourself
Silence is God’s first language.
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God Language One Liner Silence

They say, “God told me”, or “God replied to me”. And yet most of the time they are talking to themselves.

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They say, “God told me”, or “God replied to me”. And yet most of the time they are talking to themselves.

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