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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.

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
Heart
World
Detained
Though
Anything
May
Live
Human
Humans

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Not to follow the advice of our confessor is pride and a want of faith.
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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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Seek in reading and thou shalt find in meditation knock in prayer and it shall be opened in contemplation.
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The window of the soul cleansed perfectly and made completely transparent by the divine light
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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.
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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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Silence is God's first language.
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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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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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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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There is nothing better or morenecessary than 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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Never listen to accounts of the frailty of others and if anyone should complain to you of another, humbly ask him not to speak about him at all.
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My sole occupation is love.
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At the evening of life, we shall be judged on our 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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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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To love is to be transformed into what we love. To love God is therefore to be transformed into God.
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Desolation is a file, and the endurance of darkness is preparation for great light.
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