John of the Cross Quotes on Focus
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One human thought alone is worth more than the entire world, hence God alone is worthy of it.
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If you wish to attain holy recollection, you will do so not by receiving but by denying.
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If you desire to discover peace and consolation for your soul and to serve God truly, do not find your satisfaction in what you have left behind, because in that which now concerns you you may be as impeded as you were before, or even more. But leave as well all these other things and attend to one thing alone that brings all these with it (namely, holy solitude, together with prayer and spiritual and divine reading), and persevere there in forgetfulness of all things.
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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 for God.
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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.