Saint John of the Cross - your soul is your church

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That you may have pleasure in everything,
Seek pleasure in nothing.
That you may possess all things,
Possess nothing.
That you may be everything,
Seek to be nothing.

~Saint John of the Cross

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In order to overcome our desires and to renounce all those things, our love and inclination for which are wont so to inflame the will that it delights therein, we require a more ardent fire and a nobler love.
– Saint John of the Cross

Desolation is file, and the endurance of darkness is preparation for great light. — Saint John of the Cross, Letter 1

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