In the dark night of the soul, bright flows the river of God.
JOHN OF THE CROSSThe 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.
More John of the Cross Quotes
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Who teaches the soul if not God?
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At the evening of life, we shall be judged on our love.
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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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My spirit has become dry because it forgets to feed on You.
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Never relax, for you will not attain to the possession of true spiritual delights if first you do not learn to deny your every desire.
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The purest suffering bears and carries in its train the purest understanding.
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When there is no love, pour in love and you shall draw out love.
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In the inner stillness where meditation leads, the Spirit secretly anoints the soul and heals our deepest wounds.
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Where there is no love, pour love in, and you will draw love out.
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Now that I no longer desire all, I have it all without desire.
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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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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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God is a dark night to man in this life.
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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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In the twilight of life, God will not judge us on our earthly possessions and human success, but rather on how much we have loved.
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