Silence is God’s first language.
JOHN OF THE CROSSThe window of the soul cleansed perfectly and made completely transparent by the divine light.
More John of the Cross Quotes
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Let my soul live as if separated from my body.
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The 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.
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In the dark night of the soul, bright flows the river of God.
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Abide in peace, banish cares, take no account of all that happens, and you will serve God according to his good pleasure and rest in him.
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The purest suffering bears and carries in its train the purest understanding.
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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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To love is to be transformed into what we love. To love God is therefore to be transformed into God.
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Faith is a dark night for man, but in this very way it gives him light.
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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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In the inner stillness where meditation leads, the Spirit secretly anoints the soul and heals our deepest wounds.
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Live as though only God and yourself were in this world, so that your heart may not be detained by anything human.
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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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Now that I no longer desire all, I have it all without desire.
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Whoever does not seek the cross of Christ doesn’t seek the glory of Christ.
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When there is no love, pour in love and you shall draw out love.
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