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St John Of The Cross has 19 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

• Beloved, all that is harsh and difficult I want for myself, and all that is gentle and sweet for thee
• In the evening of life, we will be judged on love alone.
• Wherefore a man can know nothing by himself, save after a natural manner, which is only that which he attains by means…
• If you purify your soul of attachment to and desire for things, you will understand them spiritually. If you deny your appetite…
• The soul that is attached to anything however much good there may be in it, will not arrive at the liberty of…
• If a man wishes to be sure of the road he treads on, he must close his eyes and walk in the…
• To saints, their very slumber is a prayer.
• To be taken with love for a soul, God does not look on its greatness, but the greatness of its humility.
• Although you perform many works, if you do not deny your will and submit yourself, losing all solicitude about yourself and your…
• Whoever flees prayer flees all that is good.
• Strive to preserve your heart in peace; let no event of this world disturb it; reflect that all must come to an…
• The soul that desires God to surrender himself to it entirely must surrender itself entirely to him without keeping anything for itself.

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