The purest suffering bears and carries in its train the purest understanding.
JOHN OF THE CROSSMy sole occupation is love.
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Desolation is a file, and the endurance of darkness is preparation for great light.
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However softly we speak, God is so close to us that he can hear us; nor do we need wings to go in search of him, but merely to seek solitude and contemplate him within ourselves, without being surprised to find such a good Guest there.
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In sorrow and suffering, go straight to God with confidence, and you will be strengthened, enlightened and instructed.
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In search of my Love I will go over mountains and strands; I will gather no flowers, I will fear no wild beasts; And pass by the mighty and the frontiers.
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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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Faith is the union of God and the soul.
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A Christian should always remember that the value of his good works is not based on their number and excellence, but on the love of God which prompts him to do these things.
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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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If it were given to a man to see virtue’s reward in the next world, he would occupy his intellect, memory and will in nothing but good works, careless of danger or fatigue.
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God is a dark night to man in this life.
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Now that I no longer desire all, I have it all without desire.
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If you do not learn to deny yourself, you can make no progress in perfection.
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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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Where there is no love, pour love in, and you will draw love out.
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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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