Idleness is hells fishhook for catching souls.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAConcerning the harsh treatment of the body for our Lord’s sake, I would say, avoid anything that would cause the shedding even of a drop of blood.
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Love ought to show itself in deeds more than in words.
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Whatever you are doing, that which makes you feel the most alive…that is where God is.
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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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He who is devout to the Virgin Mother will certainly never be lost.
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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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He who goes about to reform the world must begin with himself, or he loses his labor.
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It is one thing to be eloquent and charming in profane speech, and another when the one speaking as a religious.
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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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If one fears men much he will never do anything great for God: all that one does for God arouses persecution.
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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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If God causes you to suffer much, it is a sign that He certainly intends to make you a saint.
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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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The safest and most suitable form of penance seems to be that which causes pain in the flesh but does not penetrate to the bones, that is, which causes suffering but not sickness.
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It is not the finest wood that feeds the fire of Divine love, but the wood of the Cross.
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