So with that will prompt and prepared to serve all those whom I perceive to be servants of my Lord, I will speak of three things with simplicity and love as if I were speaking to my own soul. Saint Ignatius More Quotes by Saint Ignatius More Quotes From 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. Saint Ignatius better understand you speak For those who love, nothing is too difficult, especially when it is done for the love of our Lord Jesus Christ. Saint Ignatius nothing difficult done love Try to keep your soul always in peace and quiet, always ready for whatever our Lord may wish to work in you. It is certainly a higher virtue of the soul, and a greater grace, to be able to enjoy the Lord in different times and different places than in only one. Saint Ignatius you soul work peace Experience proves that in this life peace and satisfaction are had, not by the listless but by those who are fervent in God's service. And rightly so. For in their effort to overcome themselves and to rid themselves of self-love, they rid themselves of the roots of all passion and unrest. Saint Ignatius passion god peace life Man was created to praise, reverence, and serve God our Lord and in this way to save his soul. The other things on Earth were created for man's use, to help him reach the end for which he was created. Saint Ignatius man soul god way Occupy yourself in beholding and bewailing your own imperfections rather than contemplating the imperfections of others. Saint Ignatius others your yourself own One rare and exceptional deed is worth far more than a thousand commonplace ones. Saint Ignatius far rare worth more In the matter of learning, the difference between the earnest and the careless student stands out clearly. The same holds true in the mastering of passion and the weaknesses to which our nature is subject, as in the acquiring of virtue. Saint Ignatius passion learning nature matter The more completely we focus our attention on our Creator and Lord, the less chance there is of our being distracted by creatures. Saint Ignatius being focus chance attention It is not hard to obey when we love the one whom we obey. Saint Ignatius obey whom hard love It is not the soul alone that should be healthy; if the mind is healthy in a healthy body, all will be healthy and much better prepared to give God greater service. Saint Ignatius alone service soul god 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. Saint Ignatius good god patience remember Teach us to give and not to count the cost. Saint Ignatius us give teach religion May the perfect grace and eternal love of Christ our Lord be our never-failing protection and help. Saint Ignatius help grace perfect love If God has given you the world's goods in abundance, it is to help you gain those of Heaven and to be a good example of sound teaching to your sons, servants, and relatives. Saint Ignatius good you god world May it please Christ our Lord to grant us true humility and abnegation of will and judgment, so that we may deserve to begin to be His disciples. Saint Ignatius true will humility deserve True, I am in love with suffering, but I do not know if I deserve the honor. Saint Ignatius i-am honor suffering love What St. Francis and St. Dominic have done, that, by God's grace, I will do. Saint Ignatius will done grace god In the fallen there is danger of pride and vainglory, since they prefer their own judgment to the judgment of everyone else, usurping what is not their own by setting themselves up as judges in their own cause when the rightful judge is their superior. Saint Ignatius everyone judge own pride It is one thing to be eloquent and charming in profane speech, and another when the one speaking as a religious. Saint Ignatius one-thing charming speech religious
