The path to heaven lies through heaven, and all the way to heaven is heaven.
CATHERINE OF SIENA
CATHERINE OF SIENA
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Catherine of Siena80 quotes“The path to heaven lies through heaven, and all the way to heaven is heaven.”
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Catherine of SienaCatherine of Siena To the servant of God… every place is the right place, and every time is the right time.
Catherine of SienaCatherine of Siena Make yourself a “capacity” and I will make myself a “torrent.”
Catherine of SienaCatherine of Siena You are rewarded not according to your work or your time but according to the measure of your love.
Catherine of SienaCatherine of Siena Merit consists in the virtue of love alone, flavored with the light of true discretion without which the soul is worth nothing.
Catherine of SienaCatherine of Siena The soul, as soon as she comes to know Me, reaches out to love her neighbors.
Catherine of SienaCatherine of Siena Out of darkness is born the light.
Catherine of SienaCatherine of Siena Consider your possessions loaned to you by God.
Catherine of SienaCatherine of Siena Obedient people never trust in themselves.
Catherine of SienaCatherine of Siena One who knows more, loves more.
Catherine of SienaCatherine of Siena We trust and believe in what we love.
Catherine of SienaCatherine of Siena We’ve had enough of exhortations to be silent! Cry out with a hundred thousand tongues. I see that the world is rotten because of silence.
Catherine of SienaCatherine of Siena Nails were not enough to hold God-and-man nailed and fastened on the Cross, had not love held Him there.
Catherine of SienaCatherine of Siena It is only through shadows that one comes to know the light.
Catherine of SienaCatherine of Siena avarice breeds envy, a worm that is always gnawing, letting the avaricious enjoy neither their own nor anyone else’s good.
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JuvenalJuvenal You got that smile that only heaven can make.
Chris BrownChris Brown Oh, I was not made for heaven. No, I don’t want to go to heaven. Hell is much better. Think of all the interesting people you’re going to meet down there.
Freddie MercuryFreddie Mercury Trees are the earth’s endless effort to speak to the listening heaven.
Rabindranath TagoreRabindranath Tagore To every man is given the key to the gates of heaven. The same key opens the gates of hell.
Richard FeynmanRichard Feynman I cannot ask of heaven success, even for my country, in a cause where she should be in the wrong.
John Quincy AdamsJohn Quincy Adams You go to Heaven once you’ve been to Hell.
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