"Be slow to speak, and only after having……" — Saint Ignatius
"Be slow to speak, and only after having first listened quietly, so that you may understand the meaning, leanings, and wishes of those who do speak. Thus you will better know when to speak and when to be silent."
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Saint Ignatius
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22 Quotes by Saint Ignatius
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If I cannot add to my own low level of understanding, I could ill afford to try to raise that…
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I have no doubt concerning that Supreme Goodness, who is so eager to share His blessings, or of that everlasting…
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It is certain that, because the negligent do not struggle against self, they never achieve peace of soul or do…
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In the fallen there is danger of pride and vainglory, since they prefer their own judgment to the judgment of…
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It is a great delusion in those whose understanding has been darkened by self-love, to think that there is any…
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He who aims at making an entire and perfect oblation of himself, in addition to his will, must offer his…
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Even in the angels there is the subordination of one hierarchy to another, and in the heavens, and all the…
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Some indeed have tears naturally, when the higher motion of the soul makes itself felt in the lower, or because…
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