Grow by subtraction…
The soul does not grow by addition but by subtraction.
–Meister Eckhart (1260-1328)
To leave God for God…
To leave God for God’s sake is no loss, but great profit, on the soul’s balance sheet.
–Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556)
No storm worse…
There is no storm worse than calm, and no foe more dangerous than to have no foes.
–Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556)
To make progress…
A soul that desires to make progress in the spiritual life must go in the opposite direction from the devil’s leading.
–Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556)
To make progress…
When taking the first steps on the road of virtue the old man must be mortified, but in such a way as not to slay the new man.
–Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556)
The way of perfection…
We must strive as hard as we can to lay hold of that we follow after, and having entered the way of perfection, attain to what is most perfect.
–Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556)
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