Where there is no love, pour love in, and you will draw love out.
JOHN OF THE CROSSTo 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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In tribulation immediately draw near to God with confidence, and you will receive strength, enlightenment, and instruction.
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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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Who teaches the soul if not God?
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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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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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Whenever anything disagreeable or displeasing happens to you, remember Christ crucified and be silent.
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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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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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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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The window of the soul cleansed perfectly and made completely transparent by the divine light.
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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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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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God is a dark night to man in this life.
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My spirit has become dry because it forgets to feed on You.
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At the evening of life, we shall be judged on our love.
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