121 Quotes by Ignatius of Loyola

SPIRITUAL EXERCISES whereby to conquer oneself, and order one’s life, without being influenced in one’s decision by any inordinate affection.

The servant of God earns half a doctorate through illness.

We should not have a petty regard for God’s gifts, though we may and should despise our own imperfections.

God freely created us so that we might know, love, and serve him in this life and be happy with him forever. God’s purpose in creating us is to draw forth from us a response of love and service here on earth, so that we may attain our goal of everlasting happiness with him in heaven.

Above all, remember that God looks for solid virtues in us, such as patience, humility, obedience, abnegation of your own will – that is, the good will to serve Him and our neighbor in Him. His providence allows us other devotions only insofar as He sees that they are useful to us.

After you have made a decision that is pleasing to God, the Devil may try to make you have second thoughts. Intensify your prayer time, meditation, and good deeds. For if Satan’s temptations merely cause you to increase your efforts to grow in holiness, he’ll have an incentive to leave you alone.

Love is shown more in deeds than in words.

For it is not knowing much, but realising and relishing things interiorly, that contents and satisfies the soul.

One must wage war against his predominant passion and not retreat until, with God’s help, he has been victorious.