A religious ought to dread more being afraid of poverty than experiencing it.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAIf God causes you to suffer much, it is a sign that He certainly intends to make you a saint.
More Ignatius of Loyola Quotes
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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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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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He who has heard the Word of God can bear his silences.
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Remember 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.
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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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The servant of God earns half a doctorate through illness.
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God will not be outdone in generosity.
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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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Spiritual infirmities such as tepidity are caused, not only by chills but also by fevers, that is, by excessive zeal.
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It is not hard to obey when we love the one whom we obey.
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He who carries God in his heart bears Heaven with him wherever he goes.
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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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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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The more completely we focus our attention on our Creator and Lord, the less chance there is of our being distracted by creatures.
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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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