We should not have a petty regard for God’s gifts, though we may and should despise our own imperfections.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAThey 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.
More Ignatius of Loyola Quotes
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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.
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He who carries God in his heart bears Heaven with him wherever he goes.
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Occupy yourself in beholding and bewailing your own imperfections rather than contemplating the imperfections of others.
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Receive, Lord, all my liberty, my memory, my understanding and my whole will.
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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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Laugh and grow strong.
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What seems to me white, I will believe black if the hierarchical Church so defines.
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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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Whatever you are doing, that which makes you feel the most alive…that is where God is.
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Sin is unwillingness to trust that what God wants for me is only my deepest happiness.
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Truth always ends by victory; it is not unassailable, but invincible.
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Love ought to show itself in deeds more than in words.
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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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Spiritual infirmities such as tepidity are caused, not only by chills but also by fevers, that is, by excessive zeal.
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The servant of God earns half a doctorate through illness.
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