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One must wage war against his predominant passion and not retreat until, with God’s help, he has been victorious.

Ignatius of Loyola

A religious ought to dread more being afraid of poverty than experiencing it.
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Afraid Experience Poverty Religious
The acknowledgment of and gratitude for favors and gifts received is loved and esteemed in Heaven and on earth.
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Earth Gift Gratitude Heaven
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.
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Experience God Joy Life Possession Service
Stand firm and immovable as an anvil when it is beaten upon.
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Beat Move Root Stand
The more completely we focus our attention on our Creator and Lord, the less chance there is of our being distracted by creatures.
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Attention Creation Distraction Focus God Ourselves
Let us work as if success depended upon ourselves alone, but with heartfelt conviction that we are doing nothing, and God everything.
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Alone God Heart Success Work
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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Deserve Discipline God Judgement Ourselves True
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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Generosity God Heaven Life Man Need Ourselves
What seems to me white, I will believe black if the hierarchical Church so defines.
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Believe Black Definition Myself
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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Believe Goodness Lose Willing Yourself
God will not be outdone in generosity.
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Generosity God One Liner
Sin is unwillingness to trust that what God wants for me is only my deepest happiness.
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Deep God Happiness Sin Trust Willing
To conquer himself is the greatest victory that man can gain.
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Greatness Himself Man Victory Win
May God our Lord never let me harm anyone when I cannot help him!
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God Harm Help Himself Myself
He who goes about to reform the world must begin with himself, or he loses his labor.
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Beginning Himself Lose Work World
A person with imprecise ideas can understand little and be of less help to others.
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