Sayings

Famous saying attributed to St. Ignatius of Loyola on the vanity of earthly things compared to heavenly ones.

Chapter I (The Six Days of Creation)

• Verse 14: Let There Be Lights in the Firmament — Quoted: "How the earth seems vile to me when I look upon heaven!"

  "to say with St. Ignatius: "How the earth seems vile to me when I look upon heaven!""