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.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAThe servant of God earns half a doctorate through illness.
More Ignatius of Loyola Quotes
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If one fears men much he will never do anything great for God: all that one does for God arouses persecution.
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Do not put faith in constant happiness, and fear most when all smiles upon you.
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Love ought to show itself in deeds more than in words.
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A religious ought to dread more being afraid of poverty than experiencing it.
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He who is not getting better is getting worse.
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It is proper to ask for sorrow with Christ in sorrow, anguish with Christ in anguish, tears and deep grief because of the great affliction Christ endures for me.
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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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It is not the finest wood that feeds the fire of Divine love, but the wood of the Cross.
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May God our Lord never let me harm anyone when I cannot help him!
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Receive, Lord, all my liberty, my memory, my understanding and my whole will.
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Discouragement is not from God.
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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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God inclines to shower His graces upon us, but our perverted will is a barrier to His generosity.
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