The window of the soul cleansed perfectly and made completely transparent by the divine light.
JOHN OF THE CROSSWhenever anything disagreeable or displeasing happens to you, remember Christ crucified and be silent.
More John of the Cross Quotes
-
-
At the evening of life, we shall be judged on our love.
JOHN OF THE CROSS -
The soul that walks in love neither tires others nor grows tired.
JOHN OF THE CROSS -
Yearning: It needs to hurt in order to be worthy of the word. Otherwise it is just wanting.
JOHN OF THE CROSS -
Obedience is a penance of reason, and, on that account, a sacrifice more acceptable than all corporal penances and mortifications.
JOHN OF THE CROSS -
In the inner stillness where meditation leads, the Spirit secretly anoints the soul and heals our deepest wounds.
JOHN OF THE CROSS -
The virtuous soul that is alone and without a master is like a long lone burning coal; it will grow colder rather than hotter.
JOHN OF THE CROSS -
He who loses an opportunity is like the man who lets a bird fly from his hand, for he will never recover it.
JOHN OF THE CROSS -
In the dark night of the soul, bright flows the river of God.
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 -
Lord, I shall see you no more with the eyes of the flesh.
JOHN OF THE CROSS -
Oh, night that guided me, Oh, night more lovely than the dawn,Oh, night that joined Beloved with lover, Lover transformed in the Beloved!
JOHN OF THE CROSS -
If you do not learn to deny yourself, you can make no progress in perfection.
JOHN OF THE CROSS -
Never relax, for you will not attain to the possession of true spiritual delights if first you do not learn to deny your every desire.
JOHN OF THE CROSS -
Seek in reading and thou shalt find in meditation; knock in prayer and it shall be opened in contemplation.
JOHN OF THE CROSS -
God leads every soul by a separate path.
JOHN OF THE CROSS






