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.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAHe who is not getting better is getting worse.
More Ignatius of Loyola Quotes
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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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He who goes about to reform the world must begin with himself, or he loses his labor.
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Truth always ends by victory; it is not unassailable, but invincible.
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He who is not getting better is getting worse.
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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.
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Love ought to show itself in deeds more than in words.
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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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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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Spiritual infirmities such as tepidity are caused, not only by chills but also by fevers, that is, by excessive zeal.
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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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May God our Lord never let me harm anyone when I cannot help him!
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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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The glory of God is humankind fully alive.
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Stand firm and immovable as an anvil when it is beaten upon.
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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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