A religious ought to dread more being afraid of poverty than experiencing it.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAIf 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.
More Ignatius of Loyola Quotes
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Discouragement is not from God.
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He who has heard the Word of God can bear his silences.
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Receive, Lord, all my liberty, my memory, my understanding and my whole will.
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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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What seems to me white, I will believe black if the hierarchical Church so defines.
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The glory of God is humankind fully alive.
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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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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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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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For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who disbelieve, no amount of proof is sufficient.
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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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For those who love, nothing is too difficult, especially when it is done for the love of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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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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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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It is not hard to obey when we love the one whom we obey.
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