Love consists not in feeling great things but in having great detachment and in suffering for the Beloved.
More Quotes from St. John:
The soul that is attached to anything however much good there may be in it, will not arrive at the liberty of divine union. For whether it be a strong wire rope or a slender and delicate thread that holds the bird, it matters not, if it really holds it fast for, until the cord be broken the bird cannot fly.St. John
In the evening of life, we will be judged on love alone.
St. John
Desolation is a file, and the endurance of darkness is preparation for great light.
St. John
He who interrupts the course of his spiritual exercises and prayer is like a man who allows a bird to escape from his hand he can hardly catch it again.
St. John
Beloved, all that is harsh and difficult I want for myself, and all that is gentle and sweet for thee
St. John
It is great wisdom to know how to be silent and to look at neither the remarks, nor the deeds, nor the lives of others.
St. John
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