"Although you perform many works, if you do……" — St John Of The Cross
"Although you perform many works, if you do not deny your will and submit yourself, losing all solicitude about yourself and your affairs, you will not make progress."
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St John Of The Cross
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18 Quotes by St John Of The Cross
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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…
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If you purify your soul of attachment to and desire for things, you will understand them spiritually. If you deny…
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The soul that is attached to anything however much good there may be in it, will not arrive at the…
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If a man wishes to be sure of the road he treads on, he must close his eyes and walk…
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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…
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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…
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The soul that desires God to surrender himself to it entirely must surrender itself entirely to him without keeping anything…
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Not all the faculties and senses have to be employed in things, but only those that are required; as for…
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The more dubious and uncertain an instrument violence has become in international relations, the more it has gained in reputation…
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The proportion between the velocity with which men or animals move, and the weights they carry, is a matter of…
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The humanitarian would, of course, have us meddle in foreign affairs as part of his program of world service.
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Great love affairs start with Champagne and end with tisane.
— Honore de Balzac
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I wanted to be a neurologist. That seemed to be the most difficult, most intriguing, and the most important aspect…
— Roger Bannister
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Do not measure your loss by itself; if you do, it will seem intolerable; but if you will take all…
— Saint Basil
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Happiness includes chiefly the idea of satisfaction after full honest effort. No one can possibly be satisfied and no one…
— Arnold Bennett
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I started my music career at 18 and for a long while I let other people handle my affairs.
— Sophie Ellis Bextor
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Future. That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured.
— Ambrose Bierce
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Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.
— Ambrose Bierce
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A total abstainer is one who abstains from everything but abstention, and especially from inactivity in the affairs of others.
— Ambrose Bierce
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Alas for the affairs of men! When they are fortunate you might compare them to a shadow; and if they…
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