Attribuée à John of the Cross
«To reach a point you do not know, you must take a road you do not know.»
Fausse attribution
Verdict
Elle ne figure pas dans l'œuvre de John of the Cross
A free version of Ascent I,13,11 ('To come to what you know not, you must go by a way you know not'), circulating without reference and with its meaning shifted towards self-help.
Source: San Juan de la Cruz. Obras completas. Ed. José Vicente Rodríguez; introducciones y notas doctrinales de Federico Ruiz Salvador. Madrid: Editorial de Espiritualidad, 1980 (ed. revisada 2008, ISBN 9788470683459).
Ce qu'il a vraiment dit
Paroles vérifiées de John of the Cross
«One dark night, fired with love's urgent longings, ah, the sheer grace!, I went out unseen, my house being now all stilled.»
Noche oscura, estrofa 1
«Where have you hidden, Beloved, and left me moaning? You fled like the stag after wounding me; I went out calling you, and you were gone.»
Cántico espiritual, estrofa 1
«O living flame of love that tenderly wounds my soul in its deepest centre!»
Llama de amor viva, estrofa 1