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Let my soul live as if separated from my body.

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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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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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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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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Beloved, all that is harsh and difficult I want for myself, and all that is gentle and sweet for thee.
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At the evening of life, we shall be judged on our love.
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Desolation is a file, and the endurance of darkness is preparation for great light.
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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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God leads every soul by a separate path.
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Silence is God's first language.
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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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When there is no love, pour in love and you shall draw out love.
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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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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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God is a dark night to man in this life.
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Now that I no longer desire all, I have it all without desire.
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If you do not learn to deny yourself, you can make no progress in perfection.
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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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My sole occupation is love.
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To love is to be transformed into what we love. To love God is therefore to be transformed into God.
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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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