--- title: "4 San Juan de la Cruz Quotes" description: "John of the Cross was a Spanish Catholic priest, mystic, and Carmelite friar. He is a major figure of the Counter-Reformation in Spain, and he is one of..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f87/san-juan-de-la-cruz-68703_art-life_miserable-man-that-i-am-what-fellowship_141520.jpg" --- # San Juan de la Cruz **4** quotes in **10** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet John of the Cross was a Spanish Catholic priest, mystic, and Carmelite friar. He is a major figure of the Counter-Reformation in Spain, and he is one of the 38 Doctors of the Church. ## Quotes by San Juan de la Cruz > [“Miserable man that I am, what fellowship hath my perverseness with Thy uprightness ? Thou art truly good, I wicked; Thou full…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/san-juan-de-la-cruz/miserable-man-that-i-am-what-fellowship-hath-my-perverseness-with-thy/) [San Juan de la Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/san-juan-de-la-cruz/) [Art life](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art-life/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f87/san-juan-de-la-cruz-68703_art-life_miserable-man-that-i-am-what-fellowship_141520.jpg) > [“The method of some directors is sufficient to encumber souls receiving these visions, or even to lead them astray. They do not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/san-juan-de-la-cruz/the-method-of-some-directors-is-sufficient-to-encumber-souls/) [San Juan de la Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/san-juan-de-la-cruz/) [Dreams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dreams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ad/san-juan-de-la-cruz-68703_dreams_the-method-of-some-directors-is-sufficie_1997816.jpg) > [“9. In conclusion, individuals must not fix the eyes of their souls on that rind of the figure and object supernaturally accorded…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/san-juan-de-la-cruz/9-in-conclusion-individuals-must-not-fix-the-eyes-of-their-souls-on/) [San Juan de la Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/san-juan-de-la-cruz/) [Dreams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dreams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/123/san-juan-de-la-cruz-68703_dreams_9-in-conclusion-individuals-must-not-fix_2095722.jpg) > [“14. People should not imagine that just because God and the saints converse amiably with them on many subjects, they will be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/san-juan-de-la-cruz/14-people-should-not-imagine-that-just-because-god-and-the-saints/) [San Juan de la Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/san-juan-de-la-cruz/) [Confidence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/confidence/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56c/san-juan-de-la-cruz-68703_confidence_14-people-should-not-imagine-that-just-b_2710444.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/san-juan-de-la-cruz/#itemlist", "name": "San Juan de la Cruz Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Miserable man that I am, what fellowship hath my perverseness with Thy uprightness ? Thou art truly good, I wicked; Thou full of compassion, I impious; Thou holy, I miserable; Thou just, I unjust; Thou art light, lam blind; Thou art life, and I am dead; Thou art medicine, I am sick; Thou supreme truth, and I utter vanity.’ It is, therefore, supreme ignorance for anyone to think that he can ever attain to the high estate of union with God before he casts away from him the desire of natural things, and of supernatural also, so far as it concerns self-love, because the distance between them and the state of perfection is the very greatest. For Christ our Lord hath said, ‘ Every one of you that doth not renounce all that he possesseth, cannot be My disciple.’  The doctrine of Christ which He came into the world to teach, is contempt of all things, that we may thereby have power to receive the reward of the Spirit of God. 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In conclusion, individuals must not fix the eyes of their souls on that rind of the figure and object supernaturally accorded to the exterior senses, such as locutions and words to the sense of hearing; visions of saints and beautifully resplendent lights to the sense of sight; fragrance to the sense of smell; delicious and sweet tastes to the palate; and other delights, usually derived from the spirit, to the sense of touch, as is more commonly the case with spiritual persons. Neither must they place their eyes on interior imaginative visions. They must instead renounce all these things. 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