He who goes about to reform the world must begin with himself, or he loses his labor.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAA religious ought to dread more being afraid of poverty than experiencing it.
More Ignatius of Loyola Quotes
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What seems to me white, I will believe black if the hierarchical Church so defines.
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Spiritual infirmities such as tepidity are caused, not only by chills but also by fevers, that is, by excessive zeal.
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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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So with that will prompt and prepared to serve all those whom I perceive to be servants of my Lord, I will speak of three things with simplicity and love as if I were speaking to my own soul.
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It is not hard to obey when we love the one whom we obey.
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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 carries God in his heart bears Heaven with him wherever he goes.
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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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True, I am in love with suffering, but I do not know if I deserve the honor.
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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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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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If God causes you to suffer much, it is a sign that He certainly intends to make you a saint.
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Love ought to show itself in deeds more than in words.
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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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He who is devout to the Virgin Mother will certainly never be lost.
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