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.
JOHN OF THE CROSSLive in faith and hope, though it be in darkness, for in this darkness God protects the soul. Cast your care upon God for you are His and He will not forget you. Do not think that He is leaving you alone, for that would be to wrong Him.
More John of the Cross Quotes
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At the evening of life, we shall be judged on our love.
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Let my soul live as if separated from my body.
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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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The soul that walks in love neither tires others nor grows tired.
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The window of the soul cleansed perfectly and made completely transparent by the divine light.
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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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Yearning: It needs to hurt in order to be worthy of the word. Otherwise it is just wanting.
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Whoever does not seek the cross of Christ doesn’t seek the glory of Christ.
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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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The purest suffering bears and carries in its train the purest understanding.
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He who loves is not ashamed before men of what he does for God, neither does he hide it through shame though the whole world should condemn it.
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Let all find COMPASSION in YOU.
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Faith is the union of God and the soul.
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All the powers of soul and body, memory, understanding, and will, interior and exterior senses, the desires of spirit and of sense, all workin and by love.
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He who avoids prayer is avoiding everything that is good.
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