Juana Ines De La Cruz Quotes

Al que ingrato me deja, busco amante; al que amante me sigue, dejo ingrata; constante adoro a quien mi amor maltrata; maltrato a quien mi amor busca constante.

Yo no estudio para escribir, ni menos para enseñar (que fuera en mí desmedida soberbia), sino sólo por ver si con estudiar ignoro menos.

The matter to me was simple: love for you was so strong, I could see you in my soul and talk to you all day long.

The most daring flights of genius do not always soar assured when they seek a throne in the fire & find a grave in copious tears. For knowledge is also a vice: if it is not constantly curbed, & if this is not acknowledged, the greater the havoc it wreaks; & if the flight is not brought down, fed & fattened on subtleties it will forget the essential for the sake of the rare & strange. If a skilled hand does not prevent the growth of a thickly leafed tree, its proliferating branches will steal the fruit.

El discurso es un acero que sirve por ambos cabos: de dar muerte, por la punta; por el pomo, de resguardo.

No hay cosa más libre que el entendimiento humano; ¿pues lo que Dios no violenta, por qué yo he de violentarlo?

Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz.