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If you lose an opportunity you will be like one who lets the bird fly away you will never get it back.

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
Catholic Priest
Poet
Saint
Writer
Saint John of the Cross
Juan de la Cruz
Loses
Opportunity
Away
Back
Never
Like
Lets
Bird
Lose

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I have said this to explain the stanza that follows, in which the soul replies to those who call in question its holy tranquillity, who will have it wholly occupied with outward duties, that its light may shine before the world: these persons have no conception of the fibres and the unseen root whence the sap is drawn, and which nourish the fruit.
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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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Would that men might come at last to see that it is quite impossible to reach the thicket of the riches and wisdom of God except by first entering the thicket of much suffering, in such a way that the soul finds there its consolation and desire. The soul that longs for divine wisdom chooses first, and in truth, to enter the thicket of the cross.
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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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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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God is a dark night to man in this life.
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The soul of one who serves God always swims in joy, always keeps holiday, is always in her palace of jubilation, ever singing with fresh ardor and fresh pleasure a new song of joy and love.
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Lord, I shall see you no more with the eyes of the flesh.
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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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The centre of the soul is God and, when the soul has attained to Him according to the whole capacity of its being, which is the strength and virtue of the soul, it will have reached the last and the deep centre of the soul, which will be when with all its powers it loves and understands and enjoys God.
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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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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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Desolation is a file, and the endurance of darkness is preparation for great light.
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God leads every soul by a separate path.
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There is nothing better or morenecessary than love.
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In sorrow and suffering, go straight to God with confidence, and you will be strengthened, enlightened and instructed.
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At the end of our life, we shall all be judged by charity.
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My spirit has become dry because it forgets to feed on You.
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God desires the smallest degree of purity of conscience in you more than all the works you can perform.
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Where there is no love, pour love in, and you will draw love out.
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