No idle word should be uttered. I understand a word to be idle when it serves no good purpose, either for myself or for another, and was not intended to do so.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAStand firm and immovable as an anvil when it is beaten upon.
More Ignatius of Loyola Quotes
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It is not hard to obey when we love the one whom we obey.
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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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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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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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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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It is not the finest wood that feeds the fire of Divine love, but the wood of the Cross.
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What seems to me white, I will believe black if the hierarchical Church so defines.
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Sin is unwillingness to trust that what God wants for me is only my deepest happiness.
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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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God gives each one of us sufficient grace ever to know His holy will, and to do it fully.
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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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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.
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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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He who is devout to the Virgin Mother will certainly never be lost.
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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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