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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
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Saint John of the Cross
Juan de la Cruz
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God is a dark night to man in this life.
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The divine awakening produces in the soul of the perfect a flame of love which is a participate of that living flame which is the Holy Spirit Himself...this is the operation of the Holy Spirit in the soul that is transformed in love.
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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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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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Whoever does not seek the cross of Christ doesn't seek the glory of Christ.
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In tribulation immediately draw near to God with confidence, and you will receive strength, enlightenment, and instruction.
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My sole occupation is love.
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However softly we speak, God is so close to us that he can hear us nor do we need wings to go in search of him, but merely to seek solitude and contemplate him within ourselves, without being surprised to find such a good Guest there.
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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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For true devotion must issue from the heart, and consist in the truth and substances alone of what is represented by spiritual things all the rest is affection and attachment proceeding from imperfection and in order that one may pass to any kind of perfection it is necessary for such desires to be killed.
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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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God leads every soul by a separate path.
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Obedience is a penance of reason, and, on that account, a sacrifice more acceptable than all corporal penances and mortifications.
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Where there is no love, pour love in, and you will draw love out.
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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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Faith is a dark night for man, but in this very way it gives him light.
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Lord, I shall see you no more with the eyes of the flesh.
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The window of the soul cleansed perfectly and made completely transparent by the divine light
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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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