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Though the path is plain and smooth for men of good will, he who walks it will not travel far, and will do so only with difficulty, if he does not have good feet: that is, courage and a persevering spirit.

John of the Cross

My spirit has become dry because it forgets to feed on You.
JOHN OF THE CROSS

Dry Forget Spirit Yourself
God is a dark night to man in this life.
JOHN OF THE CROSS

Darkness God Life Man Night
Live 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.
JOHN OF THE CROSS

Darkness Faith Forget God Himself Leaving Live Protection Wrong
Love consists not in feeling great things but in having great detachment and in suffering for the Beloved.
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Detachment Feeling God Greatness Love Suffering
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 CROSS

Desire Knowledge Possession Reach Satisfaction
Seek in reading and you will find in meditation; knock in prayer and it will be opened to you in contemplation.
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Meditation Open Prayer Reading Seek Yourself
Who teaches the soul if not God?
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God Soul Spiritual Teaching
The road is narrow. He who wishes to travel it more easily must cast off all things and use the cross as his cane. In other words, he must be truly resolved to suffer willingly for the love of God in all things.
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Easy God Road Suffering Travel Willing
At the end of our life, we shall all be judged by charity.
JOHN OF THE CROSS

Charity End Judgement Life
Live as though only God and yourself were in this world, so that your heart may not be detained by anything human.
JOHN OF THE CROSS

God Human Live World Yourself
They say, “God told me”, or “God replied to me”. And yet most of the time they are talking to themselves.
JOHN OF THE CROSS

God Myself Talk Time
Though the path is plain and smooth for men of good will, he who walks it will not travel far, and will do so only with difficulty, if he does not have good feet: that is, courage and a persevering spirit.
JOHN OF THE CROSS

Courage Goodness Man Path Perseverance Spirit
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
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.
JOHN OF THE CROSS

Greatness Live Remark Silence Wisdom
My sole occupation is love.
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Love Occupation One Liner
Seek in reading and thou shalt find in meditation; knock in prayer and it shall be opened in contemplation.
JOHN OF THE CROSS

Meditation Open Prayer Reading Seek

Though the path is plain and smooth for men of good will, he who walks it will not travel far, and will do so only with difficulty, if he does not have good feet: that is, courage and a persevering spirit.

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Though the path is plain and smooth for men of good will, he who walks it will not travel far, and will do so only with difficulty, if he does not have good feet: that is, courage and a persevering spirit.

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