Occupy yourself in beholding and bewailing your own imperfections rather than contemplating the imperfections of others.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAMay the perfect grace and eternal love of Christ our Lord be our never-failing protection and help.
More Ignatius of Loyola Quotes
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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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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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Finding God in All Things.
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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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If anyone asks you for something that you believe would be injurious to him, refuse, but in such a manner as not to lose his good-will.
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Laugh and grow strong.
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If, one day, I should offend God in any way, or grow remiss, though ever so little, in that which concerns His holy service and glory, I solemnly implore Him, rather let me die.
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Remember that bodily exercise, when it is well ordered, as I have said, is also prayer by means of which you can please God our Lord.
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What seems to me white, I will believe black if the hierarchical Church so defines.
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Concerning 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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Do not put faith in constant happiness, and fear most when all smiles upon you.
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Considering that the blessed life we so long for consists in an intimate and true love of God Our Creator and Lord, which binds and obliges us all to a sincere love.
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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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He who goes about to reform the world must begin with himself, or he loses his labor.
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For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who disbelieve, no amount of proof is sufficient.
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