You will do very well to refuse offices; for a man seldom fails to give offense in them. It ought to weary you simply to hear them mentioned.
CATHERINE OF SIENAavarice breeds envy, a worm that is always gnawing, letting the avaricious enjoy neither their own nor anyone else’s good.
More Catherine of Siena Quotes
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Love does not stay idle.
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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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To a brave man, good and bad luck are like his left and right hand. He uses both.
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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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Everything comes from love, all is ordained for the salvation of man, God does nothing without this goal in mind.
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Since love for our Creator cannot be sustained unless we love others for God’s sake.
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Obedience shows whether you are grateful.
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It is only through shadows that one comes to know the light.
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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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Do not be satisfied with little things, because God wants great things!
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There is no sin nor wrong that gives man such a foretaste of Hell in this life as anger and impatience.
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Do not presume to choose your own way of serving instead of the one I have made for you.
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You are rewarded not according to your work or your time but according to the measure of your love.
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Nails were not enough to hold God-and-man nailed and fastened on the Cross, had not love held Him there.
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Start being brave about everything. Drive out darkness and spread light. Don’ look at your weaknesses. Realize instead that in Christ crucified you can do everything.
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