Learn to deny yourself…
If you do not learn to deny yourself, you can make no progress in perfection.
–Saint John of the Cross (1542-1591)
What value is it?
If an experience fails to engender humility, charity, mortification, holy simplicity, and silence, etc., of what value is it?
–Saint John of the Cross (1542-1591)
Walk in the dark…
If a man wishes to be sure of the road he treads on, he must close his eyes and walk in the dark.
–Saint John of the Cross (1542-1591)
Do not refuse anything…
Do not refuse anything you possess, even though you may need it.
–Saint John of the Cross (1542-1591)
How to die in all…
Whoever knows how to die in all will have life in all.
–Saint John of the Cross (1542-1591)
The window of the soul…
The window of the soul cleansed perfectly and made completely transparent by the divine light.
–Saint John of the Cross (1542-1591)
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