For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who disbelieve, no amount of proof is sufficient.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAThe acknowledgment of and gratitude for favors and gifts received is loved and esteemed in Heaven and on earth.
More Ignatius of Loyola Quotes
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He who has heard the Word of God can bear his silences.
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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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Dearest Lord, teach me to be generous; teach me to serve you as you deserve; to give and not to count the cost.
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Discouragement is not from God.
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You have given it all to me. To you, Lord, I return it. Everything is yours; do with it what you will. Give me only your love and grace. That is enough for me.
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To have prevented one single sin is reward enough for the labors and efforts of a whole lifetime.
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What seems to me white, I will believe black if the hierarchical Church so defines.
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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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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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If our church is not marked by caring for the poor, the oppressed, the hungry, we are guilty of heresy.
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Teach us, Good Lord, to give and not count the cost; to fight and not to heed the wounds; to toil and not to seek for rest; to labor and not to ask for any reward save that of knowing that we do thy will.
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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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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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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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SPIRITUAL EXERCISES whereby to conquer oneself, and order one’s life, without being influenced in one’s decision by any inordinate affection.
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