God is a dark night to man in this life.
JOHN OF THE CROSSTo love is to be transformed into what we love. To love God is therefore to be transformed into God.
More John of the Cross Quotes
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God leads every soul by a separate path.
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Who teaches the soul if not God?
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Whoever does not seek the cross of Christ doesn’t seek the glory of Christ.
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If you do not learn to deny yourself, you can make no progress in perfection.
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Let all find COMPASSION in YOU.
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My spirit has become dry because it forgets to feed on You.
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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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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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Now that I no longer desire all, I have it all without desire.
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Desolation is a file, and the endurance of darkness is preparation for great light.
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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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Strive always to confess your sins with a deep knowledge of your own wretchedness and with clarity and purity.
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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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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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To love is to be transformed into what we love. To love God is therefore to be transformed into God.
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