In tribulation immediately draw near to God with confidence, and you will receive strength, enlightenment, and instruction.
John of the CrossIt is great wisdom to know how to be silent and to look at neither the remarks, nor the deeds, nor the lives of others.
John of the CrossThey say, "God told me", or "God replied to me". And yet most of the time they are talking to themselves.
John of the CrossHowever softly we speak, God is so close to us that he can hear us; nor do we need wings to go in search of him, but merely to seek solitude and contemplate him within ourselves, without being surprised to find such a good Guest there.
John of the Cross