John of the Cross - Heart Quotes

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O crystal well!
Oh that on Thy silvered surface
Thou wouldest mirror forth at once
Those eyes desired
Which are outlined in my heart!

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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 end.

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Let us rejoice, O my Beloved!
Let us go forth to see ourselves in Thy beauty,
To the mountain and the hill,
Where the pure water flows:
Let us enter into the heart of the thicket.

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Live as though only God and yourself were in this world, so that your heart may not be detained by anything human.

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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 God?

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Have a great love for those who contradict and fail to love you, for in this way love is begotten in a heart that has no love.

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In the happy night, In secret, when none saw me,
Nor I beheld aught, Without light or guide, save that which burned in my heart.

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The bride has entered
The pleasant and desirable garden,
And there reposes to her heart's content;
Her neck reclining
On the sweet arms of the Beloved.

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For true devotion must issue from the heart, and consist in the truth and substances alone of what is represented by spiritual things; all the rest is affection and attachment proceeding from imperfection; and in order that one may pass to any kind of perfection it is necessary for such desires to be killed.

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