God has chosen you out lest miserable and transitory human concerns should keep your mind ensnared and your heart distracted this way and that.

St Ignatius

The man who has turned aside from the world should be like a statue, which refuses neither to be clothed with a rough garment nor to be despoiled of the rich robe it used to wear.

St Ignatius

If the guide God chooses for you to follow were only a little dog, you should not complain, but at God’s command follow it willingly and gladly.

St Ignatius

I am at wondrous peace with the world so long as I do not make war on it, forgetting the tongue of my native land: but let me go forth to the camp, and you will see the whole city rise up against me while I fight on every side.

St Ignatius

The more a man withdraws himself from all his friends and acquaintances and from care for all things human, the more progress he will make in the spiritual life.

St Ignatius