Remember that the good angels do what they can to preserve men from sin and obtain God’s honor. But they do not lose courage when men fail.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLASPIRITUAL EXERCISES whereby to conquer oneself, and order one’s life, without being influenced in one’s decision by any inordinate affection.
More Ignatius of Loyola Quotes
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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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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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What seems to me white, I will believe black if the hierarchical Church so defines.
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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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Finding God in All Things.
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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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Pray as if God will take care of all; act as if all is up to you.
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God our Lord would have us look to the Giver and love Him more than His gift, keeping Him always before our eyes, in our hearts, and in our thoughts.
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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 inclines to shower His graces upon us, but our perverted will is a barrier to His generosity.
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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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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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If, one day, I should offend God in any way, or grow remiss, though ever so little, in that which concerns His holy service and glory, I solemnly implore Him, rather let me die.
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A person with imprecise ideas can understand little and be of less help to others.
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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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