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.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAPray as if God will take care of all; act as if all is up to you.
More Ignatius of Loyola Quotes
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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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As for joy, as little as one can have of it in this life, experience shows that it is not the idle who possess it, but those who are zealous in the service of God.
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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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Idleness is hells fishhook for catching souls.
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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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Concerning the harsh treatment of the body for our Lord’s sake, I would say, avoid anything that would cause the shedding even of a drop of blood.
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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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For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who disbelieve, no amount of proof is sufficient.
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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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Let me look at the foulness and ugliness of my body. Let me see myself as an ulcerous sore running with every horrible and disgusting poison.
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Do not put faith in constant happiness, and fear most when all smiles upon you.
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He who is not getting better is getting worse.
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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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He who goes about to reform the world must begin with himself, or he loses his labor.
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It is not hard to obey when we love the one whom we obey.
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