Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
At the evening of life, we shall be judged on our love.
John of the Cross
Share
Change background
T
T
T
Change font
Original
TAGS & TOPICS
John of the Cross
Age: 49 †
Born: 1542
Born: June 24
Died: 1591
Died: December 14
Carmelite Friar
Catholic Priest
Poet
Saint
Writer
Saint John of the Cross
Juan de la Cruz
Judged
Evening
Shall
Love
Life
More quotes by John of the Cross
Though the path is plain and smooth for men of good will, he who walks it will not travel far, and will do so only with difficulty, if he does not have good feet: that is, courage and a persevering spirit.
John of the Cross
My sole occupation is love.
John of the Cross
Silence is God's first language.
John of the Cross
The centre of the soul is God and, when the soul has attained to Him according to the whole capacity of its being, which is the strength and virtue of the soul, it will have reached the last and the deep centre of the soul, which will be when with all its powers it loves and understands and enjoys God.
John of the Cross
God passes through the thicket of the world, and wherever His glance falls He turns all things to beauty.
John of the Cross
There is nothing better or morenecessary than love.
John of the Cross
I have said this to explain the stanza that follows, in which the soul replies to those who call in question its holy tranquillity, who will have it wholly occupied with outward duties, that its light may shine before the world: these persons have no conception of the fibres and the unseen root whence the sap is drawn, and which nourish the fruit.
John of the Cross
To love is to be transformed into what we love. To love God is therefore to be transformed into God.
John of the Cross
At the end of our life, we shall all be judged by charity.
John of the Cross
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.
John of the Cross
If you lose an opportunity you will be like one who lets the bird fly away you will never get it back.
John of the Cross
They say, God told me, or God replied to me. And yet most of the time they are talking to themselves.
John of the Cross
Now that I no longer desire all, I have it all without desire.
John of the Cross
However high be your endeavors, unless you renounce and subjugate your own will - unless you forget yourself and all that pertains to yourself - not one step will you advance on the road to perfection.
John of the Cross
God leads every soul by a separate path.
John of the Cross
Where there is no love, pour love in, and you will draw love out.
John of the Cross
Yearning: It needs to hurt in order to be worthy of the word. Otherwise it is just wanting.
John of the Cross
Abide in peace, banish cares, take no account of all that happens, and you will serve God according to his good pleasure and rest in him.
John of the Cross
The 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 Cross
Let my soul live as if separated from my body.
John of the Cross
