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.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLALet 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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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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The servant of God earns half a doctorate through illness.
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Receive, Lord, all my liberty, my memory, my understanding and my whole will.
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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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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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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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To have prevented one single sin is reward enough for the labors and efforts of a whole lifetime.
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May God our Lord never let me harm anyone when I cannot help him!
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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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What seems to me white, I will believe black if the hierarchical Church so defines.
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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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Let your modesty be a sufficient incitement, yea, an exhortation to everyone to be at peace on their merely looking at you.
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A person with imprecise ideas can understand little and be of less help to others.
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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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If our church is not marked by caring for the poor, the oppressed, the hungry, we are guilty of heresy.
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