St John Of The Cross

All St John Of The Cross Quotes

• Beloved, all that is harsh and difficult I want for myself, and all that is gentle and sweet for thee All
• In the evening of life, we will be judged on love alone. Alone
• Wherefore a man can know nothing by himself, save after a natural manner, which is only that which he attains by means of the senses.… Able
• If you purify your soul of attachment to and desire for things, you will understand them spiritually. If you deny your appetite for them, you… Appetite
• The soul that is attached to anything however much good there may be in it, will not arrive at the liberty of divine union. For… Anything However
• If a man wishes to be sure of the road he treads on, he must close his eyes and walk in the dark. Close
• To saints, their very slumber is a prayer. Prayer
• To be taken with love for a soul, God does not look on its greatness, but the greatness of its humility. God
• Although you perform many works, if you do not deny your will and submit yourself, losing all solicitude about yourself and your affairs, you will… Affairs
• Whoever flees prayer flees all that is good. All
• Strive to preserve your heart in peace; let no event of this world disturb it; reflect that all must come to an end. All
• The soul that desires God to surrender himself to it entirely must surrender itself entirely to him without keeping anything for itself. Desires
• 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… All
• Souls will be unable to reach perfection who do not strive to be content with having nothing, in such fashion that their natural and spiritual… Act
• If you wish to attain holy recollection, you will do so not by receiving but by denying. Attain
• The very pure spirit does not bother about the regard of others or human respect, but communes inwardly with God, alone and in solitude as… All
• One human thought alone is worth more than the entire world, hence God alone is worthy of it. Alone
• Deny your desires and you will find what your heart longs for. For how do you know if any desire of yours is according to… According

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