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Beloved, all that is harsh and difficult I want for myself, and all that is gentle and sweet for thee.

John of the Cross

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
He who avoids prayer is avoiding everything that is good.
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Avoid Goodness Prayer
Have a great love for those who contradict and fail to love you, for in this way love is begotten in a heart that has no love.
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Failure Greatness Heart Love
In tribulation immediately draw near to God with confidence, and you will receive strength, enlightenment, and instruction.
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Confidence God Instruction Strength Yourself
Beloved, all that is harsh and difficult I want for myself, and all that is gentle and sweet for thee.
JOHN OF THE CROSS

Devotion Difficult God Myself Tough
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
The purest suffering bears and carries in its train the purest understanding.
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Purity Carry Training Understand
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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God Learning Live Prosperity Sin Walk Yourself
The window of the soul cleansed perfectly and made completely transparent by the divine light.
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Divine Light Perfection Soul Window
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
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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Delight Desire Learning Possession Spiritual True Yourself
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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Adversity God Joy Judgement Sadness World
God is a dark night to man in this life.
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Darkness God Life Man Night
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
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
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

Beloved, all that is harsh and difficult I want for myself, and all that is gentle and sweet for thee.

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