Quotes from John of the Cross
All the powers of soul and body,memory, understanding, and will, interior and exterior senses, thedesires of spirit and of sense, all workin and by love.
— John of the Cross
God desires the smallest degree of purity of conscience in you more than all the works you can perform.
— John of the Cross
Now that I no longer desire all, I have it all without desire.
— John of the Cross
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
The eternal tide flows hid in Living Bread. That with its Heavenly Life too be fed.
— John of the Cross
Love consists not in feeling great things but in having great detachment and in suffering for the Beloved.
— John of the Cross
In the evening of life, we will be judged on love alone.
— John of the Cross
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 is God's first language.
— John of the Cross
Who teaches the soul if not God?
— John of the Cross
Beloved, all that is harsh and difficult I want for myself, and all that is gentle and sweet for thee
— John of the Cross
God is a dark night to man in this life.
— John of the Cross