John of the Cross Quotes

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• In the inner stillness where meditation leads, the Spirit secretly anoints the soul and heals our deepest wounds.

  John of the Cross

  Meditation, Soul, Spirit

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• In the twilight of life, God will not judge us on our earthly possessions and human success, but rather on how much we have loved.

  John of the Cross

  Peace, Twilight, Ubuntu

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• Where there is no love, pour love in, and you will draw love out.

  John of the Cross

  Love, Inner Peace, Draws

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• Silence is God's first language.

  John of the Cross

  Silence, Firsts, Language

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• Never give up prayer, and should you find dryness and difficulty, persevere in it for this very reason. God often desires to see what love your soul has, and love is not tried by ease and satisfaction.

  John of the Cross

  Prayer, Giving Up, Love You

  Saint John of the Cross, Kieran Kavanaugh, Otilio Rodríguez (1991). “The Prayers of Saint John of the Cross”

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• To love is to be transformed into what we love. To love God is therefore to be transformed into God.

  John of the Cross

  Faith, Inspiration, Love Is

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• Whenever anything disagreeable or displeasing happens to you, remember Christ crucified and be silent.

  John of the Cross

  Religious, Catholic, Suffering

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• In the dark night of the soul, bright flows the river of God.

  John of the Cross

  Dark, Night, Rivers

  John of the Cross (2017). “Dark Night of the Soul”, Whitaker House

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• Live in faith and hope, though it be in darkness, for in this darkness God protects the soul. Cast your care upon God for you are His and He will not forget you. Do not think that He is leaving you alone, for that would be to wrong Him.

  John of the Cross

  Thinking, Leaving, Soul

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• Live in the world as if only God and your soul were in it; then your heart will never be made captive by any earthly thing.

  John of the Cross

  Heart, Soul, World

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• In sorrow and suffering, go straight to God with confidence, and you will be strengthened, enlightened and instructed.

  John of the Cross

  Sympathy, Suffering, Sorrow

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• However softly we speak, God is so close to us that he can hear us; nor do we need wings to go in search of him, but merely to seek solitude and contemplate him within ourselves, without being surprised to find such a good Guest there.

  John of the Cross

  Wings, Solitude, Needs

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• God leads every soul by a separate path.

  John of the Cross

  Soul, Path, Individual

  Saint John of the Cross (2007). “The Collected Works of St. John of the Cross, Volume II: The Dark Night of the Soul, Spiritual Canticle of the Soul and the Bridegroom Christ, the LIV”, p.482, Cosimo, Inc.

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• To reach satisfaction in all
  desire its possession in nothing,
  To come to the knowledge of all
  desire the knowledge of nothing.
  To come to possess all
  desire the possession of nothing.
  To arrive at being all
  desire to be nothing.

  John of the Cross

  Inspirational, Desire, Satisfaction

  Saint John of the Cross, Kieran Kavanaugh (1987). “John of the Cross: Selected Writings”, p.78, Paulist Press

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• Love consists not in feeling great things but in having great detachment and in suffering for the Beloved. 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 whether it be a strong wire rope or a slender and delicate thread that holds the bird, it matters not, if it really holds it fast; for until the cord be broken, the bird cannot fly.

  John of the Cross

  Strong, Broken, Bird

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• It is great wisdom to know how to be silent and to look at neither the remarks, nor the deeds, nor the lives of others.

  John of the Cross

  Silence, Looks, Deeds

  St. John of the Cross (1991). “The Collected Works of Saint John of the Cross”, p.93, ICS Publications

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• Contemplation is nothing else but a secret, peaceful, and loving infusion of God, which, if admitted, will set the soul on fire with the Spirit of love.

  John of the Cross

  Spiritual, Fire, Soul

  Saint John of the Cross (2007). “The Collected Works of St John of the Cross: The Dark Night of the Soul, Spiritual Canticle of the Soul and the Bridegroom Christ, the Liv”, p.39, Cosimo, Inc.

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• A Christian should always remember that the value of his good works is not based on their number and excellence, but on the love of God which prompts him to do these things.

  John of the Cross

  Love, Christian, Spiritual

  Saint John of the Cross (1957). “The dark night of the soul”

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• Have a great love for those who contradict and fail to love you, for in this way love is begotten in a heart that has no love.

  John of the Cross

  Love You, Heart, Love Is

  St. John of the Cross, St. Teresa of Avila, St. Therese of Lisieux, St. Edith Stein, Bl. Elizabeth of the Trinity (2013). “The Way of the Cross with the Carmelite Saints”, p.1, ICS Publications

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• If you do not learn to deny yourself, you can make no progress in perfection.

  John of the Cross

  Perfection, Progress, Deny

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• Now that I no longer desire all, I have it all without desire.

  John of the Cross

  Desire

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• The soul that walks in love neither tires others nor grows tired.

  John of the Cross

  Tired, Soul, Walks

  St. John of the Cross (1991). “The Collected Works of Saint John of the Cross”, p.92, ICS Publications

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• He who loves is not ashamed before men of what he does for God, neither does he hide it through shame though the whole world should condemn it.

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  Love Is, Men, Doe

  Saint John of the Cross (2007). “The Collected Works of St. John of the Cross, Volume II: The Dark Night of the Soul, Spiritual Canticle of the Soul and the Bridegroom Christ, the LIV”, p.341, Cosimo, Inc.

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• He who avoids prayer is avoiding everything that is good.

  John of the Cross

  Prayer, Avoiding

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• 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

  Faith, Inspiration, Reading

  "The Collected Works of St. John of the Cross".

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