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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
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Humans
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There is nothing better or morenecessary than love.
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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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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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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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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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God leads every soul by a separate path.
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When there is no love, pour in love and you shall draw out love.
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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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God passes through the thicket of the world, and wherever His glance falls He turns all things to beauty.
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God is a dark night to man in this life.
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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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Desolation is a file, and the endurance of darkness is preparation for great light.
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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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Faith is a dark night for man, but in this very way it gives him light.
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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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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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In the twilight of life, God will not judge us on our earthly possessions and human success, but rather on how much we have loved.
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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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My spirit has become dry because it forgets to feed on You.
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