John of the Cross Quotes about Life

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My sole occupation is love.

John of the Cross

Life, Love Life, Occupation

St. John of the Cross (2013). “The Essential St. John of the Cross”, p.618, Simon and Schuster

Love consists not in feeling great things but in having great detachment and in suffering for the Beloved.

John of the Cross

Love, Life, Feelings

St John of the Cross (1991). “The Collected Works of St. John of the Cross”, p.149, ICS Publications

There is nothing better or morenecessary than love.

John of the Cross

Life, Love Life

St. John of the Cross (2013). “The Essential St. John of the Cross”, p.619, Simon and Schuster

At the evening of life, we shall be judged on our love.

John of the Cross

Love, Life, Evening

All the powers of soul and body,memory, understanding, and will, interior and exterior senses, thedesires of spirit and of sense, all workin and by love.

John of the Cross

Life, Memories, Soul And Body

St John of the Cross (2007). “A Spiritual Canticle of the Soul and the Bridegroom Christ”, p.221, Cosimo, Inc.

In search of my Love I will go over mountains and strands; I will gather no flowers, I will fear no wild beasts; And pass by the mighty and the frontiers.

John of the Cross

Life, Flower, Mountain

St. John of the Cross (2013). “A Spiritual Canticle of the Soul and the Bridegroom Christ”, p.37, Simon and Schuster