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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

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John of the Cross
Age: 49 †
Born: 1542
Born: June 24
Died: 1591
Died: December 14
Carmelite Friar
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Saint John of the Cross
Juan de la Cruz
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However high be your endeavors, unless you renounce and subjugate your own will - unless you forget yourself and all that pertains to yourself - not one step will you advance on the road to perfection.
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When there is no love, pour in love and you shall draw out love.
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At the evening of life, we shall be judged on our love.
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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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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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Now that I no longer desire all, I have it all without desire.
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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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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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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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Seek in reading and thou shalt find in meditation knock in prayer and it shall be opened in contemplation.
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Silence is God's first language.
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God passes through the thicket of the world, and wherever His glance falls He turns all things to beauty.
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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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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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Desolation is a file, and the endurance of darkness is preparation for great light.
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Faith is a dark night for man, but in this very way it gives him light.
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There is nothing better or morenecessary than love.
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They say, God told me, or God replied to me. And yet most of the time they are talking to themselves.
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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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Never give up prayer, and should you find dryness and difficulty, persevere in it for this very reason. God often desires to see what love your soul has, and love is not tried by ease and satisfaction.
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