The servant of God earns half a doctorate through illness.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAIf 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.
More Ignatius of Loyola Quotes
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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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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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The glory of God is humankind fully alive.
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Truth always ends by victory; it is not unassailable, but invincible.
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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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A person with imprecise ideas can understand little and be of less help to others.
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It is not the finest wood that feeds the fire of Divine love, but the wood of the Cross.
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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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He who carries God in his heart bears Heaven with him wherever he goes.
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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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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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The acknowledgment of and gratitude for favors and gifts received is loved and esteemed in Heaven and on earth.
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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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Spiritual infirmities such as tepidity are caused, not only by chills but also by fevers, that is, by excessive zeal.
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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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