It is not the finest wood that feeds the fire of Divine love, but the wood of the Cross.
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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Spiritual infirmities such as tepidity are caused, not only by chills but also by fevers, that is, by excessive zeal.
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Stand firm and immovable as an anvil when it is beaten upon.
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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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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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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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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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Finding God in All Things.
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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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Discouragement is not from God.
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We should always be disposed to believe that that which appears white is really black, if the hierarchy of the Church so decides.
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True, I am in love with suffering, but I do not know if I deserve the honor.
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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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Occupy yourself in beholding and bewailing your own imperfections rather than contemplating the imperfections of others.
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Few souls understand what God would effect in them if they should give themselves entirely into his hands and allow his grace to act.
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Laugh and grow strong.
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