The principal end both of my father and of myself in the conquest of India has been the propagation of the holy Catholic faith.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAThe principal end both of my father and of myself in the conquest of India has been the propagation of the holy Catholic faith.
More Ignatius of Loyola Quotes
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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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Occupy yourself in beholding and bewailing your own imperfections rather than contemplating the imperfections of others.
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Among the many signs of a lively faith and hope we have in eternal life, one of the surest is not being overly sad at the death of those whom we dearly love in our Lord.
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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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He who is not getting better is getting worse.
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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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May God our Lord never let me harm anyone when I cannot help him!
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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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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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True, I am in love with suffering, but I do not know if I deserve the honor.
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He who carries God in his heart bears Heaven with him wherever he goes.
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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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One must wage war against his predominant passion and not retreat until, with God’s help, he has been victorious.
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He who goes about to reform the world must begin with himself, or he loses his labor.
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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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