Quotes about Ignatius

He learned by experience that one train of thought left him sad, the other joyful. This was his first reasoning on spiritual matters.

Even though I be bound in the Name, I have not yet become perfected in Jesus Christ.

Spiritual infirmities such as tepidity are caused, not only by chills but also by fevers, that is, by excessive zeal.

Love is an exchange of gifts,' Saint Ignatius had said. It was in these simple, practical, down-to-earth ways that people could show their love for each other. If the love was not there in the beginning, but only the need, such gifts made love grow.