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.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAIt is not the finest wood that feeds the fire of Divine love, but the wood of the Cross.
More Ignatius of Loyola Quotes
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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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He who has heard the Word of God can bear his silences.
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Teach us to give and not to count the cost.
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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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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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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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We should not have a petty regard for God’s gifts, though we may and should despise our own imperfections.
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Stand firm and immovable as an anvil when it is beaten upon.
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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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It is not the finest wood that feeds the fire of Divine love, but the wood of the Cross.
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To conquer himself is the greatest victory that man can gain.
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May it please Christ our Lord to grant us true humility and abnegation of will and judgment, so that we may deserve to begin to be His disciples.
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For those who love, nothing is too difficult, especially when it is done for the love of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Occupy yourself in beholding and bewailing your own imperfections rather than contemplating the imperfections of others.
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God will not be outdone in generosity.
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