A person with imprecise ideas can understand little and be of less help to others.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAOccupy yourself in beholding and bewailing your own imperfections rather than contemplating the imperfections of others.
More Ignatius of Loyola Quotes
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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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For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who disbelieve, no amount of proof is sufficient.
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They who load us with insults and ignominies give us the means of acquiring treasures more precious than any that man can gain in this life.
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The principal end both of my father and of myself in the conquest of India has been the propagation of the holy Catholic faith.
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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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Do not put faith in constant happiness, and fear most when all smiles upon you.
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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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It is not hard to obey when we love the one whom we obey.
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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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The glory of God is humankind fully alive.
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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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One must wage war against his predominant passion and not retreat until, with God’s help, he has been victorious.
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Stand firm and immovable as an anvil when it is beaten upon.
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To conquer himself is the greatest victory that man can gain.
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Occupy yourself in beholding and bewailing your own imperfections rather than contemplating the imperfections of others.
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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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We 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.
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Discouragement is not from God.
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You have given it all to me. To you, Lord, I return it. Everything is yours; do with it what you will. Give me only your love and grace. That is enough for me.
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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.
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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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He who has heard the Word of God can bear his silences.
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We should not have a petty regard for God’s gifts, though we may and should despise our own imperfections.
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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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He who is not getting better is getting worse.
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