John Of The Cross

Spanish mystic, Carmelite friar, major figure of the Counter-Reformation, poet, and writer (1542-1591)

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Wisdom is more active than all active things.

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God is awakened in the soul. God breathes in the soul.

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The communication of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit in the soul are made together and are the light and fire of love.

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God wars against all the imperfect habits of the soul and, purifying thesoul with the heat of His flame.

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The soul that loves God lives more in the next life than in this.

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Mystical wisdom, which comes through love, need not be understood distinctly… for it is given according to the mode of faith.

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Because wisdom pleased you more than any other thing…" I give you everything."

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The spiritual man is perceptive of the things of God, one who penetrates and judges all things, even the deep things of God.

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In remaining unattached, a person is unencumbered and free to love all rationally and spiritually, which is the way God wants him to love.

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If an experience fails to engender humility, charity, mortification, holy simplicity, and silence, etc., of what value is it?

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In the Son of God are hidden all the treasures of the wisdom and knowledge of God.

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The soul knows only God without knowing how it knows Him.

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Faith is the proper and adequate means of union with God.

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When he is brought to nothing, the highest degree of humility, the spiritual union between his soul and God will be effected.

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Desire to imitate Christ – and study His life.

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The wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. The soul has to proceed rather by unknowing rather than knowing.

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If a man wishes to be sure of the road he treads on, he must close his eyes and walk in the dark.

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In the evening of life, we will be judged on love alone.

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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.

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Beloved, all that is harsh and difficult I want for myself, and all that is gentle and sweet for thee.