One must wage war against his predominant passion and not retreat until, with God’s help, he has been victorious.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAFinding God in All Things.
More Ignatius of Loyola Quotes
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Idleness is hells fishhook for catching souls.
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If our church is not marked by caring for the poor, the oppressed, the hungry, we are guilty of heresy.
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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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Teach us to give and not to count the cost.
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Truth always ends by victory; it is not unassailable, but invincible.
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A person with imprecise ideas can understand little and be of less help to others.
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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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Among the many signs of a lively faith and hope we have in eternal life, one of the surest is not being overly sad at the death of those whom we dearly love in our Lord.
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To conquer himself is the greatest victory that man can gain.
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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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What seems to me white, I will believe black if the hierarchical Church so defines.
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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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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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For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who disbelieve, no amount of proof is sufficient.
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Whatever you are doing, that which makes you feel the most alive…that is where God is.
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Receive, Lord, all my liberty, my memory, my understanding and my whole will.
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We must put aside all judgment of our own, and keep the mind ever ready and prompt to obey in all things the true Spouse of Christ our Lord, our holy Mother, the hierarchical Church.
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The glory of God is humankind fully alive.
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True, I am in love with suffering, but I do not know if I deserve the honor.
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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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May God our Lord never let me harm anyone when I cannot help him!
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Stand firm and immovable as an anvil when it is beaten upon.
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Discouragement is not from God.
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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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The servant of God earns half a doctorate through illness.
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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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