At the evening of life, we shall be judged on our love.
JOHN OF THE CROSSObedience is a penance of reason, and, on that account, a sacrifice more acceptable than all corporal penances and mortifications.
More John of the Cross Quotes
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The window of the soul cleansed perfectly and made completely transparent by the divine light.
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Take God for your spouse and friend and walk with him continually, and you will not sin and will learn to love, and the things you must do will work out prosperously for you.
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The road is narrow. He who wishes to travel it more easily must cast off all things and use the cross as his cane. In other words, he must be truly resolved to suffer willingly for the love of God in all things.
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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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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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My spirit has become dry because it forgets to feed on You.
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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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There is nothing better or more necessary than love.
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Who teaches the soul if not God?
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The purest suffering bears and carries in its train the purest understanding.
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The soul of one who serves God always swims in joy, always keeps holiday, is always in her palace of jubilation, ever singing with fresh ardor and fresh pleasure a new song of joy and love.
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The soul that walks in love neither tires others nor grows tired.
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Live in the world as if only God and your soul were in it; then your heart will never be made captive by any earthly thing.
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Obedience is a penance of reason, and, on that account, a sacrifice more acceptable than all corporal penances and mortifications.
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Faith is a dark night for man, but in this very way it gives him light.
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