He who is not getting better is getting worse.
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.
More Ignatius of Loyola Quotes
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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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Pray as if God will take care of all; act as if all is up to you.
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To conquer himself is the greatest victory that man can gain.
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A person with imprecise ideas can understand little and be of less help to others.
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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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He who carries God in his heart bears Heaven with him wherever he goes.
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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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Laugh and grow strong.
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God our Lord would have us look to the Giver and love Him more than His gift, keeping Him always before our eyes, in our hearts, and in our thoughts.
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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 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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One must wage war against his predominant passion and not retreat until, with God’s help, he has been victorious.
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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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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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