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.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAHe who has heard the Word of God can bear his silences.
More Ignatius of Loyola Quotes
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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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It is one thing to be eloquent and charming in profane speech, and another when the one speaking as a religious.
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The principal end both of my father and of myself in the conquest of India has been the propagation of the holy Catholic faith.
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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.
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We should always be disposed to believe that that which appears white is really black, if the hierarchy of the Church so decides.
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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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Idleness is hells fishhook for catching souls.
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He who is not getting better is getting worse.
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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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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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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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It is not the finest wood that feeds the fire of Divine love, but the wood of the Cross.
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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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We should not have a petty regard for God’s gifts, though we may and should despise our own imperfections.
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