John of the Cross Quotes

• Silence is God's first language.

  Juan de la Cruz

  Silencio, Primeros, Lengua

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• Cada vez que te suceda algo desagradable o desagradable, acuérdate de Cristo crucificado y calla.

  Juan de la Cruz

  Religiosos, Católicos, Sufrimiento

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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.

  Juan de la Cruz

  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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• 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.

  Juan de la Cruz

  Peace, Twilight, Ubuntu

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

  Juan de la Cruz

  Meditation, Soul, Spirit

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

  Juan de la Cruz

  Love, Inner Peace, Draws

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

  Juan de la Cruz

  Fe, Inspiración, Love Is

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• En la noche oscura del alma, brillante fluye el río de Dios.

  Juan de la Cruz

  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.

  Juan de la Cruz

  Thinking, Leaving, Soul

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• Vive en el mundo como si sólo Dios y tu alma estuvieran en él; entonces tu corazón nunca será cautivado por ninguna cosa terrenal.

  Juan de la Cruz

  Heart, Soul, World

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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.

  Juan de la Cruz

  Wings, Solitude, Needs

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

  Juan de la Cruz

  Sympathy, Suffering, Sorrow

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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.

  Juan de la Cruz

  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.

  Juan de la Cruz

  Strong, Broken, Bird

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• God leads every soul by a separate path.

  Juan de la Cruz

  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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• 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.

  Juan de la Cruz

  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.

  Juan de la Cruz

  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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• 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.

  Juan de la Cruz

  Amor, Corazón, Amor Es

  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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• 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.

  Juan de la Cruz

  Love, Christian, Spiritual

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

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

  Juan de la Cruz

  Perfection, Progress, Deny

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• Quien no busca la cruz de Cristo no busca la gloria de Cristo.

  Juan de la Cruz

  Doe, Saint, Christ

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

  Juan de la Cruz

  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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• Seek in reading and you will find in meditation; knock in prayer and it will be opened to you in contemplation.

  Juan de la Cruz

  Faith, Inspiration, Reading

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

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• At the end of our life, we shall all be judged by charity.

  Juan de la Cruz

  Fe, Inspiración, Católico

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• Faith is a dark night for man, but in this very way it gives him light.

  Juan de la Cruz

  Dark, Night, Men

  Saint John of the Cross (1979). “The Collected Works of St. John of the Cross”, I C S Publications, Institute of Carmelite Studies

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