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
My sole occupation is love.
- John of the Cross
When there is no love, pour in love and you shall draw out love.
- John of the Cross
In search of my Love I will go over mountains and strands; I will gather no flowers, I will fear no wild beasts; And pass by the mighty and the frontiers.
- 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
Faith is a dark night for man, but in this very way it gives him light.
- John of the Cross
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.
- John of the Cross
If 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 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
Now that I no longer desire all, I have it all without desire.
- John of the Cross
Not to follow the advice of our confessor is pride and a want of faith.
- John of the Cross
In the evening of life, we will be judged on love alone.
- John of the Cross