John of the Cross Quotes About Heart

Quotes about: Heart

• 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.

  John of the Cross

  Heart, Soul, World

• 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

  Love You, Heart, Love Is

  St. John of the Cross, St. Teresa of Avila, St. Therese of Lisieux, St. Edith Stein, Bl. Elizabeth of the Trinity (2013). “The Way of the Cross with the Carmelite Saints”, p.1, ICS Publications

• 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

  Spiritual, Heart, Attachment

  St John of the Cross (2011). “Dark Night of the Soul: (Authentic Original Classic)”, p.25, Destiny Image Publishers

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

  John of the Cross

  Love, Sweet, Heart

• Live as though only God and yourself were in this world, so that your heart may not be detained by anything human.

  John of the Cross

  Heart, World, May

  St. John of the Cross (1991). “The Collected Works of Saint John of the Cross”, p.96, ICS Publications

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