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.


Dark Night of the Soul: (Authentic Original Classic) (ed. Destiny Image Publishers, 2011) - ISBN: 9780768497410

John of the Cross Quotes

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...

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...

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...

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...