Seek in reading and thou shalt find in meditation; knock in prayer and it shall be opened in contemplation.
John of the CrossContemplation is nothing else but a secret, peaceful, and loving infusion of God, which, if admitted, will set the soul on fire with the Spirit of love.
John of the CrossGod passes through the thicket of the world, and wherever His glance falls He turns all things to beauty.
John of the Cross