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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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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
Loves
Neither
Though
Doe
Whole
Condemn
Men
Hide
World
Ashamed
Shame

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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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At the end of our life, we shall all be judged by charity.
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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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Silence is God's first language.
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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 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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My spirit has become dry because it forgets to feed on You.
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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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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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Contemplation is nothing else but a secret, peaceful, and loving infusion of God, which, if admitted, will set the soul on fire with the Spirit of love.
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The window of the soul cleansed perfectly and made completely transparent by the divine light
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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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Now that I no longer desire all, I have it all without desire.
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There is nothing better or morenecessary than love.
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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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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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Faith is a dark night for man, but in this very way it gives him 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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Let my soul live as if separated from my body.
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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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