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St John Of The Cross has 19 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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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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In the evening of life, we will be judged on love alone.
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Wherefore a man can know nothing by himself, save after a natural manner, which is only that which he attains by means…
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If you purify your soul of attachment to and desire for things, you will understand them spiritually. If you deny your appetite…
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The soul that is attached to anything however much good there may be in it, will not arrive at the liberty of…
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If a man wishes to be sure of the road he treads on, he must close his eyes and walk in the…
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To saints, their very slumber is a prayer.
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To be taken with love for a soul, God does not look on its greatness, but the greatness of its humility.
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Although you perform many works, if you do not deny your will and submit yourself, losing all solicitude about yourself and your…
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Whoever flees prayer flees all that is good.
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Strive to preserve your heart in peace; let no event of this world disturb it; reflect that all must come to an…
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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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Hunting, fishing, drawing, and music occupied my every moment. Cares I knew not, and cared naught about them.
— John James Audubon
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It is impious to say that evil has its origin from God, because naught contrary is produced by the contrary. Life does…
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If thou must love me, let it be for naught except for love's sake only.
— Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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If you get simple beauty and naught else, you get about the best thing God invents.
— Robert Browning
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To be bowed by grief is folly; Naught is gained by melancholy; Better than the pain of thinking, Is to steep the…
— Alcaeus
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There's naught, no doubt, so much the spirit calms as rum and true religion.
— Lord Byron
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Lingering labors come to naught.
— Robert Southwell
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Prayer is naught but a rising desire of the heart into God by withdrawing of the heart from all earthly thoughts.
— Walter Hilton
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Silence alone is great; all else is feebleness . . . Perform with all your heart your long and heavy task. .…
— Alfred de Vigny
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Naught can deform the human race Like to the armor's iron brace.
— William Blake
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Good impulses are naught, unless they become good actions.
— Joseph Joubert
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Unless we keep this planet healthy, everything else is for naught.
— Victoria Principal
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