People become like what they love.
CATHERINE OF SIENALord, take me from myself and give me to yourself.
More Catherine of Siena Quotes
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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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The devil never sleeps.
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Do not be satisfied with little things, because God wants great things!
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We’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.
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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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The soul, as soon as she comes to know Me, reaches out to love her neighbors.
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It is a human thing to sin, but perseverance in sin is a thing of the devil.
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Lose yourself wholly; and the more you lose, the more you will find.
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We will be humble as we are obedient, and as obedient as we are humble.
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The strongest and purest love is not the one that starts from impressions, but the one that comes from admiration.
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Enrich your soul in the great goodness of God: The Father is your table, the Son is your food, and the Holy Spirit waits on you and then makes His dwelling in you.
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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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Obedience shows whether you are grateful.
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What is it you want to change? Your hair, your face, your body? Why? For God is in love with all those things and he might weep when they are gone.
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Merit consists in the virtue of love alone, flavored with the light of true discretion without which the soul is worth nothing.
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