Finding God in All Things.
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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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 will not be outdone in generosity.
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Spiritual infirmities such as tepidity are caused, not only by chills but also by fevers, that is, by excessive zeal.
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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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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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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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So with that will prompt and prepared to serve all those whom I perceive to be servants of my Lord, I will speak of three things with simplicity and love as if I were speaking to my own soul.
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Stand firm and immovable as an anvil when it is beaten upon.
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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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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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It is not the finest wood that feeds the fire of Divine love, but the wood of the Cross.
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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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If you attach your heart to certain places and occupations, obedience oftentimes places you in some other place that you may not like; to be always cheerful, be always humble and obedient.
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The more completely we focus our attention on our Creator and Lord, the less chance there is of our being distracted by creatures.
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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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