The more completely we focus our attention on our Creator and Lord, the less chance there is of our being distracted by creatures.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLALet your modesty be a sufficient incitement, yea, an exhortation to everyone to be at peace on their merely looking at you.
More Ignatius of Loyola Quotes
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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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He who is not getting better is getting worse.
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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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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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You have given it all to me. To you, Lord, I return it. Everything is yours; do with it what you will. Give me only your love and grace. That is enough for me.
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What seems to me white, I will believe black if the hierarchical Church so defines.
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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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God gives each one of us sufficient grace ever to know His holy will, and to do it fully.
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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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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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If our church is not marked by caring for the poor, the oppressed, the hungry, we are guilty of heresy.
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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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Truth always ends by victory; it is not unassailable, but invincible.
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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 devout to the Virgin Mother will certainly never be lost.
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