Ignatius of Loyola

In the case of those who are making progress from good to better, the good angel touches the soul gently, lightly, sweetly,…

— Ignatius of Loyola

... we ought even to hold as a fixed principle that what I see white I believe to be black, if the…

— Ignatius of Loyola

A person with imprecise ideas can understand little and be of less help to others.

— Ignatius of Loyola

Pardon me, O perfections of my God, for having preferred imperfect and evil inclinations to Thee! Pardon me, O justice of my…

— Ignatius of Loyola

As for joy, as little as one can have of it in this life, experience shows that it is not the idle…

— Ignatius of Loyola

We must put aside all judgment of our own, and keep the mind ever ready and prompt to obey in all things…

— Ignatius of Loyola

To conquer himself is the greatest victory that man can gain.

— Ignatius of Loyola

They who load us with insults and ignominies give us the means of acquiring treasures more precious than any that man can…

— Ignatius of Loyola

If anyone asks you for something that you believe would be injurious to him, refuse, but in such a manner as not…

— Ignatius of Loyola

Stand firm and immovable as an anvil when it is beaten upon.

— Ignatius of Loyola

If, one day, I should offend God in any way, or grow remiss, though ever so little, in that which concerns His…

— Ignatius of Loyola

He who is not getting better is getting worse.

— Ignatius of Loyola

Let us work as if success depended upon ourselves alone, but with heartfelt conviction that we are doing nothing, and God everything.

— Ignatius of Loyola

For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who disbelieve, no amount of proof is sufficient.

— Ignatius of Loyola

Sin is unwillingness to trust that what God wants for me is only my deepest happiness.

— Ignatius of Loyola

All the things in this world are gifts of God, created for us, to be the means by which we can come…

— Ignatius of Loyola