San Juan De La Cruz quotes: wise famous quotes, sayings and quotations by San Juan De La Cruz

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San Juan De La Cruz quotes: Where there is no love, put love and you will find love.

Where there is no love, put love
and you will find love.

San Juan De La Cruz quotes: Well and good if all things change, O Lord God, provided I am rooted in You.

Well and good if all things change, O Lord God, provided I am rooted in You.

San Juan De La Cruz quotes: Says, he who humbleth himself shall be exalted.

Says, he who humbleth himself shall be exalted.

San Juan De La Cruz quotes: having nothing and possessing all things,

having nothing and possessing all things,

San Juan De La Cruz quotes: Happiness is not a destination, it's a method of travel.

Happiness is not a destination, it's a method of travel.

San Juan De La Cruz quotes: In the twilight of life, God will not judge us on our earthly possessions and human successes, but on how well we have loved.

In the twilight of life, God will not judge us on our earthly possessions and human successes, but on how well we have loved.

San Juan De La Cruz quotes: My soul hath wrestled in it. . . . My belly was troubled in seeking it; therefore shall I possess a good possession.4

My soul hath wrestled in it. . . . My belly was troubled in seeking it; therefore shall I possess a good possession.4

San Juan De La Cruz quotes: Love is the measure by which we shall be judged.

Love is the measure by which we shall be judged.

San Juan De La Cruz quotes: Now that I no longer desire all, I have it all without desire.

Now that I no longer desire all, I have it all without desire.

San Juan De La Cruz quotes: Faith is a dark night for man, but in this very way it gives him light.

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

San Juan De La Cruz quotes: While I don't equate the dark night with depression, I do think our depressive moods could be imagined spiritually rather than only psychologically.

While I don't equate the dark night with depression, I do think our depressive moods could be imagined spiritually rather than only psychologically.

San Juan De La Cruz quotes: Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and with thy whole strength.

Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and with thy whole strength.

San Juan De La Cruz quotes: If you do not learn to deny yourself, you can make no progress in perfection.

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

San Juan De La Cruz quotes: I shall sully the purity of your floor, said he...

I shall sully the purity of your floor, said he...

San Juan De La Cruz quotes: Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither hath it entered into the heart of man what things God hath prepared for them that love Him.

Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither hath it entered into the heart of man what things God hath prepared for them that love Him.

San Juan De La Cruz quotes: 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.

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.

San Juan De La Cruz quotes: Everyone knows that not to go forward on this road is to turn back, and not to gain ground is to lose.

Everyone knows that not to go forward on this road is to turn back, and not to gain ground is to lose.

San Juan De La Cruz quotes: How narrow is the gate and strait is the way that leadeth to life, and few there are that find it!6 are words of our Lord. 8. The narrow gate

How narrow is the gate and strait is the way that leadeth to life, and few there are that find it!6 are words of our Lord. 8. The narrow gate

San Juan De La Cruz quotes: At the evening of life, we shall be judged on our love (CCC 1022; by St. John of the Cross)

At the evening of life, we shall be judged on our love (CCC 1022; by St. John of the Cross)

San Juan De La Cruz quotes: There is nothing better or more necessary than love.

There is nothing better or more necessary than love.

San Juan De La Cruz quotes: They can be like the sun, words.They can do for the heart what light can for a field.

They can be like the sun, words.
They can do for the heart what light can for a field.

San Juan De La Cruz quotes: If a man wishes to be sure of the road he's traveling on, then he must close his syes and travel in the dark.

If a man wishes to be sure of the road he's traveling on, then he must close his syes and travel in the dark.

San Juan De La Cruz quotes: Preserve a loving attentiveness to God with no desire to feel or understand any particular thing concerning God.

Preserve a loving attentiveness to God with no desire to feel or understand any particular thing concerning God.