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God Quotes by St John Of The Cross
- To be taken with love for a soul, God does not look on its greatness, but the greatness of its humility.
- The soul that desires God to surrender himself to it entirely must surrender itself entirely to him without keeping anything for itself.
- Not all the faculties and senses have to be employed in things, but only those that are required; as for the others, leave them unoccupied…
- Souls will be unable to reach perfection who do not strive to be content with having nothing, in such fashion that their natural and spiritual…
- The very pure spirit does not bother about the regard of others or human respect, but communes inwardly with God, alone and in solitude as…
- One human thought alone is worth more than the entire world, hence God alone is worthy of it.
- Deny your desires and you will find what your heart longs for. For how do you know if any desire of yours is according to…
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- It is not fitting, when one is in God's service, to have a gloomy face or a chilling look. — Francis of Assisi