If you lose an opportunity you will be like one who lets the bird fly away; you will never get it back.
John of the CrossThe window of the soul cleansed perfectly and made completely transparent by the divine light
John of the CrossLive as though only God and yourself were in this world, so that your heart may not be detained by anything human.
John of the CrossThe conditions of a solitary bird are five: The first, that it flies to the highest point; The Second, that it does not suffer for company, not even of its own kind; The Third, that it aims its beak to the skies; The Fourth, that it does not have a definite color; The Fifth, that it sings very softly.
John of the Cross