John of the Cross के नाम से प्रचलित
«To reach a point you do not know, you must take a road you do not know.»
ग़लत श्रेय
निष्कर्ष
यह John of the Cross की रचनाओं में नहीं है
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.
स्रोत: 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).
जो उन्होंने वास्तव में कहा
John of the Cross के प्रमाणित वचन
«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