If you attach your heart to certain places and occupations, obedience oftentimes places you in some other place that you may not like; to be always cheerful, be always humble and obedient.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAWhat seems to me white, I will believe black if the hierarchical Church so defines.
More Ignatius of Loyola Quotes
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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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The glory of God is humankind fully alive.
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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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Laugh and grow strong.
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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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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 inclines to shower His graces upon us, but our perverted will is a barrier to His generosity.
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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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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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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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To conquer himself is the greatest victory that man can gain.
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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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Love ought to show itself in deeds more than in words.
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Teach us to give and not to count the cost.
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It is not hard to obey when we love the one whom we obey.
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