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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.

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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A Christian should always remember that the value of his good works is not based on their number and excellence, but on the love of God which prompts him to do these things.
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Have a great love for those who contradict and fail to love you, for in this way love is begotten in a heart that has no love.
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Beloved, all that is harsh and difficult I want for myself, and all that is gentle and sweet for thee.
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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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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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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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God desires the smallest degree of purity of conscience in you more than all the works you can perform.
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Not to follow the advice of our confessor is pride and a want of faith.
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Desolation is a file, and the endurance of darkness is preparation for great light.
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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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At the end of our life, we shall all be judged by charity.
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If you do not learn to deny yourself, you can make no progress in perfection.
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Silence is God's first language.
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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.
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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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Whoever does not seek the cross of Christ doesn't seek the glory of Christ.
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Let my soul live as if separated from my body.
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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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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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