Love of god Quote by St John Of The Cross

It should be observed that perfect love of God consists not in those delights, tears and sentiments of devotion that we generally seek, but…

— Teresa of Avila

God, from a beautiful necessity, is Love in all he doeth, Love, a brilliant fire, to gladden or consume: The wicked work their woe…

— Martin Farquhar Tupper

The soul seeks God by faith, not by the reasonings of the mind and labored efforts, but by the drawings of love; to which…

— Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon

To love God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength is all-consuming and all-encompassin g. It is no lukewarm endeavor. It is total…

— Ezra Taft Benson

The soul seeks God with its whole being. Because it is desperate to be whole, the soul is God-smitten and God-crazy and God-obsessed. My…

— John Ortberg

To be taken with love for a soul, God does not look on its greatness, but the greatness of its humility.

— St John Of The Cross

It is only the souls that do not love that go empty in this world.

— Robert Hugh Benson

It is certain that the love of God does not consist in this sweetness and tenderness which we for the most part desire; but…

— Teresa of Avila

The soul is a temple; and God is silently building it by night and by day. Precious thoughts are building it; disinterested love is…

— Henry Ward Beecher

The soul, considered with its Creator, is like one of those mathematical lines that may draw nearer to another for all eternity without a…

— Joseph Addison

The soul is made of love and must ever strive to return to love. Therefore, it can never find rest nor happiness in other…

— Mechthild of Magdeburg

“For love loves unto purity. Love has ever in view the absolute loveliness of that which it beholds. Where loveliness is incomplete, and love…

— George MacDonald