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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All the things in this world are gifts of God, created for us, to be the means by which we can come to know him better, love him more surely, and serve him more faithfully.
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Laugh and grow strong.
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No idle word should be uttered. I understand a word to be idle when it serves no good purpose, either for myself or for another, and was not intended to do so.
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SPIRITUAL EXERCISES whereby to conquer oneself, and order one’s life, without being influenced in one’s decision by any inordinate affection.
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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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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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Let your modesty be a sufficient incitement, yea, an exhortation to everyone to be at peace on their merely looking at you.
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Truth always ends by victory; it is not unassailable, but invincible.
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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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Remember that bodily exercise, when it is well ordered, as I have said, is also prayer by means of which you can please God our Lord.
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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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The safest and most suitable form of penance seems to be that which causes pain in the flesh but does not penetrate to the bones, that is, which causes suffering but not sickness.
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God will not be outdone in generosity.
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The servant of God earns half a doctorate through illness.
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If, one day, I should offend God in any way, or grow remiss, though ever so little, in that which concerns His holy service and glory, I solemnly implore Him, rather let me die.
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To have prevented one single sin is reward enough for the labors and efforts of a whole lifetime.
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He who carries God in his heart bears Heaven with him wherever he goes.
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One must wage war against his predominant passion and not retreat until, with God’s help, he has been victorious.
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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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For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who disbelieve, no amount of proof is sufficient.
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Occupy yourself in beholding and bewailing your own imperfections rather than contemplating the imperfections of others.
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Discouragement is not from God.
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May the perfect grace and eternal love of Christ our Lord be our never-failing protection and help.
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True, I am in love with suffering, but I do not know if I deserve the honor.
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Let us work as if success depended upon ourselves alone, but with heartfelt conviction that we are doing nothing, and God everything.
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He who goes about to reform the world must begin with himself, or he loses his labor.
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