The soul that walks…
The soul that walks in love neither tires others nor grows tired.
–Saint John of the Cross (1542-1591)
Two serious evils…
In order that what we have said may be the more clearly and fully understood, it will be well to set down here and state how these desires are the cause of two serious evils in the soul: the one is that they deprive it of the Spirit of God, and the other is that the soul wherein they dwell is wearied, tormented, darkened, defiled and weakened
–Saint John of the Cross (1542-1591)
No spiritual substance…
Be hostile to admitting into your soul things that of themselves have no spiritual substance, lest they make you lose your liking for devotion and recollection.
–Saint John of the Cross (1542-1591)
Dryness and suffering…
God values in you the inclination to dryness and suffering for love of him more than all the consolations, spiritual visions, and meditations you could possibly have.
–Saint John of the Cross (1542-1591)
Love unites the soul…
Love unites the soul with God, and, the more degrees of love the soul has, the more profoundly does it enter into God and the more is it centered in Him.
–Saint John of the Cross (1542-1591)
Benefits of the dark night…
Four benefits of the dark night: delight of peace, habitual remembrance and thought of God, cleanness and purity of soul, and the practice of the virtues.
–Saint John of the Cross (1542-1591)
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