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.
JOHN OF THE CROSSMy sole occupation is love.
More John of the Cross Quotes
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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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God is a dark night to man in this life.
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Whenever anything disagreeable or displeasing happens to you, remember Christ crucified and be silent.
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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 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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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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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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Let all find COMPASSION in YOU.
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Never listen to accounts of the frailty of others; and if anyone should complain to you of another, humbly ask him not to speak about him at all.
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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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At the evening of life, we shall be judged on our love.
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God leads every soul by a separate path.
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At the end of our life, we shall all be judged by charity.
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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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Lord, I shall see you no more with the eyes of the flesh.
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My sole occupation is love.
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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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Silence is God’s first language.
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My spirit has become dry because it forgets to feed on You.
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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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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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Where there is no love, pour love in, and you will draw love out.
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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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There is nothing better or more necessary than love.
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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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The soul that walks in love neither tires others nor grows tired.
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