It is a human thing to sin, but perseverance in sin is a thing of the devil.
CATHERINE OF SIENAWe’ve been deceived by the thought that we would be more pleasing to God in our own way than in the way God has given us.
More Catherine of Siena Quotes
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You know Me in you, and from this knowledge you will derive all that is necessary.
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God is more ready to pardon that we have been to sin.
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Preach the Truth as if you had a million voices. It is silence that kills the world.
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The soul, as soon as she comes to know Me, reaches out to love her neighbors.
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The devil fears hearts on fire with love of God.
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Hope comes from love, because people always trust in those they love.
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It’s one of the properties of love to love what is loved by the person we love.
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Every step of the way to heaven is heaven.
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It is only through shadows that one comes to know the light.
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Perfection does not consist in macerating or killing the body, but in killing our perverse self-will.
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Let us enter into the house of knowledge of ourselves.
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The devil never sleeps.
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Consider your possessions loaned to you by God.
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Make two homes for thyself, my daughter. One actual home and the other a spiritual home which thou are to carry with thee always.
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The path to heaven lies through heaven, and all the way to heaven is heaven.
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A full belly does not make for a chaste spirit.
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Be who God meant you to be and you will set the world on fire.
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The human heart is always drawn by love.
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Of course you are unworthy. But when do you hope to be worthy? You will be no more worthy at the end than at the beginning. God alone is worthy of Himself, He alone can make us worthy of Him.
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Oh, let us lose our milk teeth and cut instead the strong teeth of hate and love.
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We will be humble as we are obedient, and as obedient as we are humble.
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Since love for our Creator cannot be sustained unless we love others for God’s sake.
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People become like what they love.
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Don’t make it necessary for me to complain about you to Christ crucified. (There is no one else I can complain to, since there is no one greater than you on earth.
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Obedience shows whether you are grateful.
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It is impossible to fulfill the law concerning love for Me, God eternal, apart from the law concerning love for your neighbors.
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