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.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLALaugh and grow strong.
More Ignatius of Loyola Quotes
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SPIRITUAL EXERCISES whereby to conquer oneself, and order one’s life, without being influenced in one’s decision by any inordinate affection.
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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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God will not be outdone in generosity.
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Sin is unwillingness to trust that what God wants for me is only my deepest happiness.
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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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Occupy yourself in beholding and bewailing your own imperfections rather than contemplating the imperfections of others.
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Teach us to give and not to count the cost.
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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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May it please Christ our Lord to grant us true humility and abnegation of will and judgment, so that we may deserve to begin to be His disciples.
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Truth always ends by victory; it is not unassailable, but invincible.
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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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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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He who has heard the Word of God can bear his silences.
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He who is devout to the Virgin Mother will certainly never be lost.
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If 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.
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