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> [“With respect also to spiritual sloth, beginners are apt to be irked by the things that are most spiritual, from which they flee because these things are incompatible with sensible pleasure. For, as they are so much accustomed to sweetness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/juan-de-la-cruz/with-respect-also-to-spiritual-sloth-beginners-are-apt-to-be-irked-by/)

[Juan de la Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/juan-de-la-cruz/)

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## More by Juan de la Cruz

> [“No matter how much individuals do through their own efforts, they cannot actively purify themselves enough to be disposed in the least degree for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/juan-de-la-cruz/no-matter-how-much-individuals-do-through-their-own-efforts-they/)

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> [“For, when the friendship is purely spiritual, the love of God grows with it; and the more the soul remembers it, the more it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/juan-de-la-cruz/for-when-the-friendship-is-purely-spiritual-the-love-of-god-grows/)

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> [“With respect also to spiritual sloth, beginners are apt to be irked by the things that are most spiritual, from which they flee because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/juan-de-la-cruz/with-respect-also-to-spiritual-sloth-beginners-are-apt-to-be-irked-by/)

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> [“Sometimes, too, when their spiritual masters, such as confessors and superiors, do not approve of their spirit and behavior (for they are anxious that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/juan-de-la-cruz/sometimes-too-when-their-spiritual-masters-such-as-confessors-and/)

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> [“The second cause whence these rebellions sometimes proceed is the devil, who, in order to disquiet and disturb the soul, at times when it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/juan-de-la-cruz/the-second-cause-whence-these-rebellions-sometimes-proceed-is-the/)

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> [“Some of these beginners, too, make little of their faults, and at other times become over-sad when they see themselves fall into them, thinking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/juan-de-la-cruz/some-of-these-beginners-too-make-little-of-their-faults-and-at-other/)

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> [“As for the vice of lust - aside from what it means for spiritual persons to fall into this vice, since my intent is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/juan-de-la-cruz/as-for-the-vice-of-lust-aside-from-what-it-means-for-spiritual/)

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> [“Many beginners also at times possess great spiritual avarice. They hardly ever seem content with the spirit God gives them. They become unhappy and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/juan-de-la-cruz/many-beginners-also-at-times-possess-great-spiritual-avarice-they/)

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> [“For whereas speaking distracts, silence and work collect the thoughts and strengthen the spirit. As soon therefore as a person understands what has been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/juan-de-la-cruz/for-whereas-speaking-distracts-silence-and-work-collect-the-thoughts/)

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