If anyone asks you for something that you believe would be injurious to him, refuse, but in such a manner as not to lose his good-will.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLADearest Lord, teach me to be generous; teach me to serve you as you deserve; to give and not to count the cost.
More Ignatius of Loyola Quotes
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The servant of God earns half a doctorate through illness.
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As for joy, as little as one can have of it in this life, experience shows that it is not the idle who possess it, but those who are zealous in the service of God.
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We must put aside all judgment of our own, and keep the mind ever ready and prompt to obey in all things the true Spouse of Christ our Lord, our holy Mother, the hierarchical Church.
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Idleness is hells fishhook for catching souls.
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The more completely we focus our attention on our Creator and Lord, the less chance there is of our being distracted by creatures.
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So with that will prompt and prepared to serve all those whom I perceive to be servants of my Lord, I will speak of three things with simplicity and love as if I were speaking to my own soul.
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Pray as if God will take care of all; act as if all is up to you.
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It is proper to ask for sorrow with Christ in sorrow, anguish with Christ in anguish, tears and deep grief because of the great affliction Christ endures for me.
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A religious ought to dread more being afraid of poverty than experiencing it.
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What seems to me white, I will believe black if the hierarchical Church so defines.
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We should always be disposed to believe that that which appears white is really black, if the hierarchy of the Church so decides.
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Discouragement is not from God.
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Spiritual infirmities such as tepidity are caused, not only by chills but also by fevers, that is, by excessive zeal.
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God inclines to shower His graces upon us, but our perverted will is a barrier to His generosity.
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May it please Christ our Lord to grant us true humility and abnegation of will and judgment, so that we may deserve to begin to be His disciples.
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