Love consists not in feeling great things but in having great detachment and in suffering for the Beloved.
JOHN OF THE CROSSLove consists not in feeling great things but in having great detachment and in suffering for the Beloved.
JOHN OF THE CROSSWhen there is no love, pour in love and you shall draw out love.
JOHN OF THE CROSSDesolation is a file, and the endurance of darkness is preparation for great light.
JOHN OF THE CROSSIf it were given to a man to see virtue’s reward in the next world, he would occupy his intellect, memory and will in nothing but good works, careless of danger or fatigue.
JOHN OF THE CROSSLet all find COMPASSION in YOU.
JOHN OF THE CROSSFaith is a dark night for man, but in this very way it gives him light.
JOHN OF THE CROSSNever 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 CROSSGod desires the smallest degree of purity of conscience in you more than all the works you can perform.
JOHN OF THE CROSSAt the evening of life, we shall be judged on our love.
JOHN OF THE CROSSThe purest suffering bears and carries in its train the purest understanding.
JOHN OF THE CROSSThe soul of one who serves God always swims in joy, always keeps holiday, is always in her palace of jubilation, ever singing with fresh ardor and fresh pleasure a new song of joy and love.
JOHN OF THE CROSSGod passes through the thicket of the world, and wherever His glance falls He turns all things to beauty.
JOHN OF THE CROSSLord, I shall see you no more with the eyes of the flesh.
JOHN OF THE CROSSTo love is to be transformed into what we love. To love God is therefore to be transformed into God.
JOHN OF THE CROSSLive 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 CROSSOh, night that guided me, Oh, night more lovely than the dawn,Oh, night that joined Beloved with lover, Lover transformed in the Beloved!
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