It is one thing to be eloquent and charming in profane speech, and another when the one speaking as a religious.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAReceive, Lord, all my liberty, my memory, my understanding and my whole will.
More Ignatius of Loyola Quotes
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They who load us with insults and ignominies give us the means of acquiring treasures more precious than any that man can gain in this life.
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God inclines to shower His graces upon us, but our perverted will is a barrier to His generosity.
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Do not put faith in constant happiness, and fear most when all smiles upon you.
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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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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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We should not have a petty regard for God’s gifts, though we may and should despise our own imperfections.
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A person with imprecise ideas can understand little and be of less help to others.
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It is not hard to obey when we love the one whom we obey.
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Idleness is hells fishhook for catching souls.
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Teach us to give and not to count the cost.
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Let me look at the foulness and ugliness of my body. Let me see myself as an ulcerous sore running with every horrible and disgusting poison.
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Remember that bodily exercise, when it is well ordered, as I have said, is also prayer by means of which you can please God our Lord.
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Finding God in All Things.
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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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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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