John of the Cross Quotes

Not to follow the advice of our confessor is pride and a want of faith.

In tribulation immediately draw near to God with confidence, and you will receive strength, enlightenment, and instruction.

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

My spirit has become dry because it forgets to feed on You.

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.

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.

Silence is God’s first language.

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

All the powers of soul and body, memory, understanding, and will, interior and exterior senses, the desires of spirit and of sense, all workin and by love.

When there is no love, pour in love and you shall draw out love.