--- title: "3 Juan Donoso Cortes Quotes - Famous Writer" description: "Spanish author, political theorist and diplomat (1809-1853)... | Juan Francisco María de la Salud Donoso Cortés y Fernández Canedo, marqués de Valdegama..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b059/author-juan-donoso-cortes-84258.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Juan Donoso Cortes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b059/author-juan-donoso-cortes-84258.jpg) # Juan Donoso Cortes (1809–1853) Writer **3** quotes in **41** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Juan Donoso Cortes was a writer. ## Quick Facts About Juan Donoso Cortes Born May 6, 1809 Died May 3, 1853 Profession Writer ## About Juan Donoso Cortes Spanish author, political theorist and diplomat (1809-1853)... \| Juan Francisco María de la Salud Donoso Cortés y Fernández Canedo, marqués de Valdegamas was a Spanish writer, diplomat, politician, and Catholic political theologian. ## Quotes by Juan Donoso Cortes > [Catholicity seized on man... and the mystics, transcending all, taught him to ascend on high with the wings of contemplation the Ladder…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/juan-donoso-cortes/catholicity-seized-on-man-and-the-mystics-transcending-all-taught-him/) [Juan Donoso Cortes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/juan-donoso-cortes/) [Brilliant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/brilliant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a43/juan-donoso-cortes-84258_brilliant_catholicity-seized-on-man-and-the-mystic_23165.jpg) > [“...And don’t tell me you don’t wish to fight; for the moment you tell me that, you are already fighting; nor that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/juan-donoso-cortes/and-don-t-tell-me-you-don-t-wish-to-fight-for-the-moment-you-tell-me/) [Juan Donoso Cortés](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/juan-donoso-cortes/) [Catholicism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/catholicism/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4f/juan-donoso-cortes-84258_catholicism_and-don-t-tell-me-you-don-t-wish-to-figh_501533.jpg) > [There are only two possible forms of control: one internal and the other external; religious control and political control. They are of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/juan-donoso-cortes/there-are-only-two-possible-forms-of-control-one-internal-and-the/) [Juan Donoso Cortes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/juan-donoso-cortes/) [Barometer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/barometer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c9/juan-donoso-cortes-84258_barometer_there-are-only-two-possible-forms-of-con_2773724.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/juan-donoso-cortes/#itemlist", "name": "Juan Donoso Cortes Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Catholicity seized on man... and the mystics, transcending all, taught him to ascend on high with the wings of contemplation the Ladder of Jacob composed of brilliant stones, by which God descends to Earth and man ascends to Heaven, till Earth and Heaven, and God and man, burning together in a conflagration of infinite charity, are transmuted into one.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Juan Donoso Cortes" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/juan-donoso-cortes/catholicity-seized-on-man-and-the-mystics-transcending-all-taught-him/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a43/juan-donoso-cortes-84258_brilliant_catholicity-seized-on-man-and-the-mystic_23165.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a43/juan-donoso-cortes-84258_brilliant_catholicity-seized-on-man-and-the-mystic_23165.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a43/juan-donoso-cortes-84258_brilliant_catholicity-seized-on-man-and-the-mystic_23165.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Catholicity seized on man... and the mystics, transcending all, taught him to ascend on high with the wings…” — Juan Donoso Cortes", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“...And don’t tell me you don’t wish to fight; for the moment you tell me that, you are already fighting; nor that you don’t know which side to join, for while you are saying that, you have already joined a side; nor that you wish to remain neutral; for while you are thinking to be so, you are so no longer; nor that you want to be indifferent; for I will laugh at you, because on pronouncing that word you have chosen your party. Don’t tire yourself in seeking a place of security against the chances of war, for you tire yourself in vain; that war is extended as far as space, and prolonged through all time. In eternity alone, the country of the just, can you find rest, because there alone there is no combat. But do not imagine, however, that the gates of eternity shall be opened for you, unless you first show the wounds you bear; those gates are only opened for those who gloriously fought here the battles of the Lord, and were, like the Lord, crucified. 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They are of such a nature that when the religious barometer rises, the barometer of [external, i.e., political control] falls and likewise, when the religious barometer falls, the political barometer, that is political control and tyranny, rises. That is the law of humanity, a law of history. 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