A religious ought to dread more being afraid of poverty than experiencing it.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAHe who has heard the Word of God can bear his silences.
More Ignatius of Loyola Quotes
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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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Whatever you are doing, that which makes you feel the most alive…that is where God is.
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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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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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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.
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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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Receive, Lord, all my liberty, my memory, my understanding and my whole will.
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To conquer himself is the greatest victory that man can gain.
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To have prevented one single sin is reward enough for the labors and efforts of a whole lifetime.
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They who load us with insults and ignominies give us the means of acquiring treasures more precious than any that man can gain in this life.
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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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We should not have a petty regard for God’s gifts, though we may and should despise our own imperfections.
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God will not be outdone in generosity.
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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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