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Letter "S" » Saint Ignatius of Loyola Quotes
«Teach us to give and not to count the cost»
«The enemy is like a woman, weak in face of opposition, but correspondingly strong when not opposed. In a quarrel with a man, it is natural for a woman to lose heart and run away when he faces up to her; on the other hand, if the man begins to be afraid and to give ground, her rage, vindictiveness and fury overflow and know no limit.»
Author: Saint Ignatius of Loyola
(Journalist, Writer)
| Keywords:
correspondingly, fury, No limit, on the other hand, overflow, run away, vindictiveness
«We should always be disposed to believe that that which appears white is really black, if the hierarchy of the Church so decides»
Author: Saint Ignatius of Loyola
(Journalist, Writer)
| About:
Belief,
Church,
Religion
| Keywords:
decides, disposed, hierarchies, hierarchy, hierarchy of
«Let me look at the foulness and ugliness of my body. Let me see myself as an ulcerous sore running with every horrible and disgusting poison.»
Author: Saint Ignatius of Loyola
(Journalist, Writer)
| Keywords:
disgusting, foulness, sore, ugliness, ulcerous
«We should always be prepared so as never to err to believe that what I see as white is black, if the hierarchic Church defines it thus.»
«The safest and most suitable form of penance seems to be that which causes pain in the flesh but does not penetrate to the bones, that is, which causes suffering but not sickness. So the best way seems to be to scourge oneself with thin cords which hurt superficially, rather than to use some other means which might produce serious internal injury.»
Author: Saint Ignatius of Loyola
(Journalist, Writer)
| Keywords:
cords, in the flesh, penance, penetrate, safest, scourge, suitable, superficially
«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.»
Author: Saint Ignatius of Loyola
(Journalist, Writer)
| Keywords:
calling together, countless, despatch, devils, Great Plains, Leader of, province, smoking, terrifying, throne
«The picture. A great plain, comprising the entire Jerusalem district, where is the supreme Commander-in-Chief of the forces of good, Christ our Lord: another plain near Babylon, where Lucifer is, at the head of the enemy.»
Author: Saint Ignatius of Loyola
(Journalist, Writer)
| Keywords:
Chief of, commander in chief, Commander in Chief of, comprise, comprises, comprising, district, in-chief, lucifer, The District
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