121 Quotes by Ignatius of Loyola

What seems to me white, I will believe black if the hierarchical Church so defines.

All the honey that can be gathered from the flowers of this world has less sweetness than the vinegar and gall of Jesus Christ our Lord.

The acknowledgment of and gratitude for favors and gifts received is loved and esteemed in Heaven and on earth.

We must put aside all judgment of our own, and keep the mind ever ready and prompt to obey in all things the true Spouse of Christ our Lord, our holy Mother, the hierarchical Church.

He who has heard the Word of God can bear his silences..

Imagine that leader of all the enemy, in that great plain of Babylon, sitting on a sort of throne of smoking flame, a horrible and terrifying sight. Watch him calling together countless devils, to despatch them into different cities till the whole world is covered, forgetting no province or locality, no class or single individual.

It is not the finest wood that feeds the fire of Divine love, but the wood of the Cross.

If one fears men much he will never do anything great for God: all that one does for God arouses persecution.

God will not be outdone in generosity.