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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
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Juan de la Cruz
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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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Yearning: It needs to hurt in order to be worthy of the word. Otherwise it is just wanting.
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The window of the soul cleansed perfectly and made completely transparent by the divine light
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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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