Occupy yourself in beholding and bewailing your own imperfections rather than contemplating the imperfections of others.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLARemember that the good angels do what they can to preserve men from sin and obtain God’s honor. But they do not lose courage when men fail.
More Ignatius of Loyola Quotes
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What seems to me white, I will believe black if the hierarchical Church so defines.
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Teach us to give and not to count the cost.
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If you attach your heart to certain places and occupations, obedience oftentimes places you in some other place that you may not like; to be always cheerful, be always humble and obedient.
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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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It is not the finest wood that feeds the fire of Divine love, but the wood of the Cross.
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Idleness is hells fishhook for catching souls.
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He who has heard the Word of God can bear his silences.
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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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May God our Lord never let me harm anyone when I cannot help him!
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To conquer himself is the greatest victory that man can gain.
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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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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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We must put aside all judgment of our own, and keep the mind ever ready and prompt to obey in all things the true Spouse of Christ our Lord, our holy Mother, the hierarchical Church.
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For those who love, nothing is too difficult, especially when it is done for the love of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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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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