Quote

Lord, I shall see you no more with the eyes of the flesh.

John of the Cross

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

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
Sacraments
Flesh
Shall
Eyes
Lord
Eye

More quotes by John of the Cross

Image
At the end of our life, we shall all be judged by charity.
John of the Cross
Image
The divine awakening produces in the soul of the perfect a flame of love which is a participate of that living flame which is the Holy Spirit Himself...this is the operation of the Holy Spirit in the soul that is transformed in love.
John of the Cross
Image
God leads every soul by a separate path.
John of the Cross
Image
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
Image
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.
John of the Cross
Image
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
Image
If you do not learn to deny yourself, you can make no progress in perfection.
John of the Cross
Image
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
Image
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
Image
Seek in reading and thou shalt find in meditation knock in prayer and it shall be opened in contemplation.
John of the Cross
Image
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.
John of the Cross
Image
At the evening of life, we shall be judged on our love.
John of the Cross
Image
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
Image
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
Image
My sole occupation is love.
John of the Cross
Image
For true devotion must issue from the heart, and consist in the truth and substances alone of what is represented by spiritual things all the rest is affection and attachment proceeding from imperfection and in order that one may pass to any kind of perfection it is necessary for such desires to be killed.
John of the Cross
Image
Where there is no love, pour love in, and you will draw love out.
John of the Cross
Image
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.
John of the Cross
Image
To love is to be transformed into what we love. To love God is therefore to be transformed into God.
John of the Cross
Image
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