It is not the finest wood that feeds the fire of Divine love, but the wood of the Cross.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAWe ought even to hold as a fixed principle that what I see white I believe to be black, if the superior authorities define it to be so.
More Ignatius of Loyola Quotes
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The glory of God is humankind fully alive.
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It is not hard to obey when we love the one whom we obey.
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He who is devout to the Virgin Mother will certainly never be lost.
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Let me look at the foulness and ugliness of my body. Let me see myself as an ulcerous sore running with every horrible and disgusting poison.
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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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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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Laugh and grow strong.
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He who has heard the Word of God can bear his silences.
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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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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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For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who disbelieve, no amount of proof is sufficient.
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Considering that the blessed life we so long for consists in an intimate and true love of God Our Creator and Lord, which binds and obliges us all to a sincere love.
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God gives each one of us sufficient grace ever to know His holy will, and to do it fully.
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Few souls understand what God would effect in them if they should give themselves entirely into his hands and allow his grace to act.
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Be generous to the poor orphans and those in need. The man to whom our Lord has been liberal ought not to be stingy. We shall one day find in Heaven as much rest and joy as we ourselves have dispensed in this life.
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