Spiritual infirmities such as tepidity are caused, not only by chills but also by fevers, that is, by excessive zeal.
Ignatius of LoyolaWe must put aside all judgment of our own, and keep the mind ever ready and prompt to obey in all things the true Spouse of Christ our Lord, our holy Mother, the hierarchical Church.
Ignatius of LoyolaSin is unwillingness to trust that what God wants for me is only my deepest happiness.
Ignatius of LoyolaJust as the commander of an army pitches his camp, studies the strength and defenses of a fortress, and then attacks it on its weakest side, in like manner, the enemy of our human nature studies from all sides our theological, cardinal, and moral virtues. Wherever he finds us weakest and most in need regarding our eternal salvation, he attacks and tries to take us by storm.
Ignatius of Loyola