Truth always ends by victory; it is not unassailable, but invincible.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAIt is one thing to be eloquent and charming in profane speech, and another when the one speaking as a religious.
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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.
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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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To have prevented one single sin is reward enough for the labors and efforts of a whole lifetime.
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The acknowledgment of and gratitude for favors and gifts received is loved and esteemed in Heaven and on earth.
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Idleness is hells fishhook for catching souls.
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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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The servant of God earns half a doctorate through illness.
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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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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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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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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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God gives each one of us sufficient grace ever to know His holy will, and to do it fully.
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Dearest Lord, teach me to be generous; teach me to serve you as you deserve; to give and not to count the cost.
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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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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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