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.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLARemember 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.
More Ignatius of Loyola Quotes
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Finding God in All Things.
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A religious ought to dread more being afraid of poverty than experiencing it.
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Few souls understand what God would effect in them if they should give themselves entirely into his hands and allow his grace to act.
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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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We should not have a petty regard for God’s gifts, though we may and should despise our own imperfections.
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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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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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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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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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They who load us with insults and ignominies give us the means of acquiring treasures more precious than any that man can gain in this life.
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Sin is unwillingness to trust that what God wants for me is only my deepest happiness.
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True, I am in love with suffering, but I do not know if I deserve the honor.
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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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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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If God causes you to suffer much, it is a sign that He certainly intends to make you a saint.
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