62 Quotes by John of the Cross

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

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.

Seek by reading and you will find by meditating. Knock by praying, and it will be opened to you in contemplation.

Never relax, for you will not attain to the possession of true spiritual delights if first you do not learn to deny your every desire.

Live in the world as if only God and your soul were in it; then your heart will never be made captive by any earthly thing.

There is nothing better or morenecessary than love.

In tribulation immediately draw near to God with confidence, and you will receive strength, enlightenment, and instruction.

Not to follow the advice of our confessor is pride and a want of faith.

To love is to be transformed into what we love. To love God is therefore to be transformed into God.