SPIRITUAL EXERCISES whereby to conquer oneself, and order one’s life, without being influenced in one’s decision by any inordinate affection.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLASin is unwillingness to trust that what God wants for me is only my deepest happiness.
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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He who is not getting better is getting worse.
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We should always be disposed to believe that that which appears white is really black, if the hierarchy of the Church so decides.
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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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To conquer himself is the greatest victory that man can gain.
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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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Be generous to the poor orphans and those in need. The man to whom our Lord has been liberal ought not to be stingy. We shall one day find in Heaven as much rest and joy as we ourselves have dispensed in this life.
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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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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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Laugh and grow strong.
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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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Idleness is hells fishhook for catching souls.
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Sin is unwillingness to trust that what God wants for me is only my deepest happiness.
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One must wage war against his predominant passion and not retreat until, with God’s help, he has been victorious.
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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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A person with imprecise ideas can understand little and be of less help to others.
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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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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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He who has heard the Word of God can bear his silences.
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The glory of God is humankind fully alive.
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If, one day, I should offend God in any way, or grow remiss, though ever so little, in that which concerns His holy service and glory, I solemnly implore Him, rather let me die.
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If one fears men much he will never do anything great for God: all that one does for God arouses persecution.
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Teach us to give and not to count the cost.
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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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Do not put faith in constant happiness, and fear most when all smiles upon you.
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The acknowledgment of and gratitude for favors and gifts received is loved and esteemed in Heaven and on earth.
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