Quotes from Pedro Arrupe

To be just, it is not enough to refrain from injustice. One must go further and refuse to play its game, substituting love for self-interest as the driving force of society.

In life, have but one desire, one only--to love Jesus Christ with all your soul. Let that be the one fixed idea of your entire existence.

Nowadays are the world doesn't need words, but lives which cannot be explained except through faith & love for Christ's poor

Only by being a man or woman for others does one become fully human.

Nothing is more practical than finding God, That is, than falling in a love in a quite absolute, final way. What you are in love with, what seizes your imagination will affect everything. It will decide what will get you out of bed in the mornings, What you will do with your evenings, How you spend your weekends, What you read, Who you know, What breaks your heart, And what amazes you with joy and gratitude. Fall in love, stay in love, and it will decide everything.

What you are in love with, what seizes your imagination, will affect everything.

Confía en Dios como si todo el éxito de las cosas dependiera de ti y nada de Dios; trabaja sin embargo en ellas como si Dios lo fuera a hacer todo y tú nada»[3].