Quench our thirst…
If we wish to quench our thirst, we must lay aside books which explain thirst and take a drink.
–Jean-Pierre de Caussade (1675-1751)
Seek nothing or everything…
To see a religious who seeks nothing but God sad, or one who seeks everything except God happy, is a great miracle.
— Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556)
Conquer yourself…
Conquer yourself; for if you do this you will gain a brighter crown in heaven than others who are meeker by nature.
— Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556)
When storms rage…
When storms rage against us through no fault of our own, it is a kind of pledge of success in the near future.
— Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556)
A member away from church…
A member that is torn away from the body receives therefrom neither motion nor feeling, nor any life at all.
— Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556)
Without expecting praise…
Do everything you do without expecting praise: but let everything you do be such as cannot justly be blamed.
— Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556)
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