1495-1556, Spanish Theologian, Founder of the Jesuits
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.
St. Ignatius Loyola – [Body]
Teach us to give and not count the cost.
St. Ignatius Loyola – [Charity]
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.
St. Ignatius Loyola – [Quarrels]