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.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAAll 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.
More Ignatius of Loyola Quotes
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It is one thing to be eloquent and charming in profane speech, and another when the one speaking as a religious.
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It is proper to ask for sorrow with Christ in sorrow, anguish with Christ in anguish, tears and deep grief because of the great affliction Christ endures for me.
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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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For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who disbelieve, no amount of proof is sufficient.
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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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Spiritual infirmities such as tepidity are caused, not only by chills but also by fevers, that is, by excessive zeal.
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Receive, Lord, all my liberty, my memory, my understanding and my whole will.
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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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Finding God in All Things.
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The servant of God earns half a doctorate through illness.
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A religious ought to dread more being afraid of poverty than experiencing it.
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He who is not getting better is getting worse.
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Sin is unwillingness to trust that what God wants for me is only my deepest happiness.
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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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To conquer himself is the greatest victory that man can gain.
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