He who goes about to reform the world must begin with himself, or he loses his labor.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLATruth always ends by victory; it is not unassailable, but invincible.
More Ignatius of Loyola Quotes
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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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Be generous to the poor orphans and those in need. The man to whom our Lord has been liberal ought not to be stingy. We shall one day find in Heaven as much rest and joy as we ourselves have dispensed in this life.
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Occupy yourself in beholding and bewailing your own imperfections rather than contemplating the imperfections of others.
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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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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.
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Discouragement is not from God.
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One must wage war against his predominant passion and not retreat until, with God’s help, he has been victorious.
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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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May God our Lord never let me harm anyone when I cannot help him!
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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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The principal end both of my father and of myself in the conquest of India has been the propagation of the holy Catholic faith.
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Finding God in All Things.
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Teach us, Good Lord, to give and not count the cost; to fight and not to heed the wounds; to toil and not to seek for rest; to labor and not to ask for any reward save that of knowing that we do thy will.
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A person with imprecise ideas can understand little and be of less help to others.
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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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