The Complete Works of Saint John of the Cross, Volume 2 of 2 Quotes

“Yea, if a man possess all things he cannot be content,—the greater his possessions the less will be his contentment, for the heart cannot be satisfied with possessions, but rather in detachment from all things and in poverty of spirit.”
― San Juan de la Cruz, The Complete Works of Saint John of the Cross, Volume 2 of 2

“It is clear, then, that the soul which loves God seeks and looks for no other reward of its service than to love God perfectly. INTRODUCTION.”
― San Juan de la Cruz, The Complete Works of Saint John of the Cross, Volume 2 of 2

“If we love Him, our heart will not consider itself, nor look to its own pleasure or profit, but to the honour, glory, and pleasure of God; for the more the heart is occupied with self, the less is it occupied with God. Whether God has really stolen our heart may be ascertained by either of these two signs:—Is it anxiously seeking after God ? and has it no pleasure in anything but in Him,”
― San Juan de la Cruz, The Complete Works of Saint John of the Cross, Volume 2 of 2

“Some, too, will not leave for His sake a place which is to their taste, expecting to receive all the sweetness of God fully in their heart without moving a step, without mortifying themselves by the abandonment of a single pleasure or useless delight.”
― San Juan de la Cruz, The Complete Works of Saint John of the Cross, Volume 2 of 2