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• When there is no love, pour in love and you shall draw out love.

  John of the Cross

  Law Of Attraction, Draws, No Love

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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.

  John of the Cross

  Flames, Perfect, Soul

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• At the evening of life, we shall be judged on our love.

  John of the Cross

  Love, Life, Evening

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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.

  John of the Cross

  Men, Divine Wisdom, Soul

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• The conditions of a solitary bird are five: The first, that it flies to the highest point; The Second, that it does not suffer for company, not even of its own kind; The Third, that it aims its beak to the skies; The Fourth, that it does not have a definite color; The Fifth, that it sings very softly.

  John of the Cross

  Color, Sky, Bird

  Saint John of the Cross, Antonio T. de Nicolas (1996). “San Juan de la Cruz”, p.34, Weiser Books

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• Desolation is a file, and the endurance of darkness is preparation for great light.

  John of the Cross

  Light, Darkness, Preparation

  Saint John of the Cross (1947). “The Complete Works of Saint John of the Cross, Doctor of the Church”

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• My spirit has become dry because it forgets to feed on
  You.

  John of the Cross

  Dry, Spirit, Forget

  St. John of the Cross (1991). “The Collected Works of Saint John of the Cross”, p.88, ICS Publications

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• The purest suffering bears and carries in its train the purest understanding.

  John of the Cross

  Understanding, Suffering, Bears

  St. John of the Cross, Thomas Merton (2007). “Counsels of Light and Love of St. John of the Cross”, p.56, Paulist Press

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• Oh, night that guided me, Oh, night more lovely than the dawn,Oh, night that joined Beloved with lover, Lover transformed in the Beloved!

  John of the Cross

  Night, Lovely, Dawn

  Saint John Of The Cross (2016). “Dark night of the soul”, p.14, Saint John Of The Cross

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• Seek in reading and thou shalt find in meditation; knock in prayer and it shall be opened in contemplation.

  John of the Cross

  Prayer, Reading, Meditation

  Saint John of the Cross (1947). “The Complete Works of Saint John of the Cross, Doctor of the Church”

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• Strive always to confess your sins with a deep knowledge of your own wretchedness and with clarity and purity.

  John of the Cross

  Clarity, Sin, Purity

  Saint John of the Cross (1966). “The collected works”

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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.

  John of the Cross

  Opportunity, Bird, Fly Away

  St. John of the Cross (1991). “The Collected Works of Saint John of the Cross”, p.88, ICS Publications

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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.

  John of the Cross

  Spiritual, Attachment, Desire

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• The eternal spring is hidden in this living bread for our life's sake, although it is night. It is here calling out to creatures; and they satisfy their thirst, although in darkness, because it is night. This living spring that I long for, I see in this bread of life, although it is night.

  John of the Cross

  Spring, Night, Bread Of Life

  Saint John of the Cross, Kieran Kavanaugh (1991). “The collected works of Saint John of the Cross”, I C S Publications, Institute of Carmelite Studies

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• Let my soul live as if separated from my body.

  John of the Cross

  Soul, Body, My Soul

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• Let all find COMPASSION in YOU.

  John of the Cross

  Compassion

  St. John of the Cross (1991). “The Collected Works of Saint John of the Cross”, p.96, ICS Publications

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• The virtuous soul that is alone and without a master is like a long lone burning coal; it will grow colder rather than hotter.

  John of the Cross

  Inspirational, Long, Soul

  St. John of the Cross (1991). “The Collected Works of Saint John of the Cross”, p.86, ICS Publications

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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.

  John of the Cross

  Men, Feet, Doe

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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.

  John of the Cross

  Memories, Men, Saint

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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.

  John of the Cross

  Spiritual, Heart, Attachment

  St John of the Cross (2011). “Dark Night of the Soul: (Authentic Original Classic)”, p.25, Destiny Image Publishers

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• He who interrupts the course of his spiritual exercises and prayer is like a man who allows a bird to escape from his hand; he can hardly catch it again.

  John of the Cross

  Christian, Spiritual, Religious

  Saint John of the Cross (2007). “The Collected Works of St. John of the Cross, Volume II: The Dark Night of the Soul, Spiritual Canticle of the Soul and the Bridegroom Christ, the LIV”, p.586, Cosimo, Inc.

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• Beloved, all that is harsh and difficult I want for myself, and all that is gentle and sweet for thee.

  John of the Cross

  Love, Sweet, Heart

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• All the powers of soul and body,memory, understanding, and will, interior and exterior senses, thedesires of spirit and of sense, all workin and by love.

  John of the Cross

  Life, Memories, Soul And Body

  St John of the Cross (2007). “A Spiritual Canticle of the Soul and the Bridegroom Christ”, p.221, Cosimo, Inc.

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• I have said this to explain the stanza that follows, in which the soul replies to those who call in question its holy tranquillity, who will have it wholly occupied with outward duties, that its light may shine before the world: these persons have no conception of the fibres and the unseen root whence the sap is drawn, and which nourish the fruit.

  John of the Cross

  Light, Roots, Shining

  Saint John of the Cross (2007). “The Collected Works of St John of the Cross: The Dark Night of the Soul, Spiritual Canticle of the Soul and the Bridegroom Christ, the Liv”, p.340, Cosimo, Inc.

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• Who teaches the soul if not God?

  John of the Cross

  Soul, Saint, Teach

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