Religious Order Quotes by Saint Ignatius

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Saint Ignatius has 22 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

• In the light of the Divine Goodness, it seems to me, though others may think differently, that ingratitude is the most abominable…
• If I cannot add to my own low level of understanding, I could ill afford to try to raise that of others,…
• Be slow to speak, and only after having first listened quietly, so that you may understand the meaning, leanings, and wishes of…
• I have no doubt concerning that Supreme Goodness, who is so eager to share His blessings, or of that everlasting love which…
• In the matter of learning, the difference between the earnest and the careless student stands out clearly. The same holds true in…
• It is certain that, because the negligent do not struggle against self, they never achieve peace of soul or do so tardily,…
• In the fallen there is danger of pride and vainglory, since they prefer their own judgment to the judgment of everyone else,…
• Try to keep your soul always in peace and quiet, always ready for whatever our Lord may wish to work in you.…
• It is not the soul alone that should be healthy; if the mind is healthy in a healthy body, all will be…
• It is a great delusion in those whose understanding has been darkened by self-love, to think that there is any obedience in…
• He who aims at making an entire and perfect oblation of himself, in addition to his will, must offer his understanding, which…
• Even in the angels there is the subordination of one hierarchy to another, and in the heavens, and all the bodies that…

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