Never relax, for you will not attain to the possession of true spiritual delights if first you do not learn to deny… — John of the Cross Copy Share Image
Live in the world as if only God and your soul were in it; then your heart will never be made captive… — John of the Cross Copy Share Image
Never listen to accounts of the frailty of others; and if anyone should complain to you of another, humbly ask him not… — John of the Cross Copy Share Image
If it were given to a man to see virtue's reward in the next world, he would occupy his intellect, memory and… — John of the Cross Copy Share Image
Love consists not in feeling great things but in having great detachment and in suffering for the Beloved. The soul that is… — John of the Cross Copy Share Image
Contemplation is nothing else but a secret, peaceful, and loving infusion of God, which, if admitted, will set the soul on fire… — John of the Cross Copy Share Image
Though the path is plain and smooth for men of good will, he who walks it will not travel far, and will… — John of the Cross Copy Share Image
If you lose an opportunity you will be like one who lets the bird fly away; you will never get it back. — John of the Cross Copy Share Image
Whoever does not seek the cross of Christ doesn't seek the glory of Christ. — John of the Cross Copy Share Image
A Christian should always remember that the value of his good works is not based on their number and excellence, but on the love… — John of the Cross Copy Share Image
The soul that walks in love neither tires others nor grows tired. — John of the Cross Copy Share Image
See that you are not suddenly saddened by the adversities of this world, for you do not know the good they bring, being ordained… — John of the Cross Copy Share Image
Never relax, for you will not attain to the possession of true spiritual delights if first you do not learn to deny your every… — John of the Cross Copy Share Image
Seek in reading and you will find in meditation; knock in prayer and it will be opened to you in contemplation. — John of the Cross Copy Share Image
For true devotion must issue from the heart, and consist in the truth and substances alone of what is represented by spiritual things; all… — John of the Cross Copy Share Image
In the twilight of life, God will not judge us on our earthly possessions and human success, but rather on how much we have… — John of the Cross Copy Share Image
To reach satisfaction in all desire its possession in nothing, To come to the knowledge of all desire the knowledge of nothing. To come… — John of the Cross Copy Share Image
