He who carries God in his heart bears Heaven with him wherever he goes.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLASPIRITUAL EXERCISES whereby to conquer oneself, and order one’s life, without being influenced in one’s decision by any inordinate affection.
More Ignatius of Loyola Quotes
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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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Dearest Lord, teach me to be generous; teach me to serve you as you deserve; to give and not to count the cost.
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God our Lord would have us look to the Giver and love Him more than His gift, keeping Him always before our eyes, in our hearts, and in our thoughts.
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God will not be outdone in generosity.
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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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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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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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Love ought to show itself in deeds more than in words.
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It is one thing to be eloquent and charming in profane speech, and another when the one speaking as a religious.
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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 love, nothing is too difficult, especially when it is done for the love of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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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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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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Teach us, Good Lord, to give and not count the cost; to fight and not to heed the wounds; to toil and not to seek for rest; to labor and not to ask for any reward save that of knowing that we do thy will.
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