Catherine of Siena on obedience
Catherine of Siena80 quotes“Obedient people never trust in themselves.”
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God cannot leave us. It is just that our soul is so vast, we do not always feel His lips upon the veil.
Catherine of SienaCatherine of Siena God is closer to us than water is to a fish.
Catherine of SienaCatherine of Siena It’s one of the properties of love to love what is loved by the person we love.
Catherine of SienaCatherine of Siena Do not be satisfied with little things, because God wants great things!
Catherine of SienaCatherine of Siena Make two homes for thyself, my daughter. One actual home and the other a spiritual home which thou are to carry with thee always.
Catherine of SienaCatherine of Siena A full belly does not make for a chaste spirit.
Catherine of SienaCatherine of Siena Every evil, harm and suffering in this life comes from the love of riches.
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 The path to heaven lies through heaven, and all the way to heaven is heaven.
Catherine of SienaCatherine of Siena One who knows more, loves more.
Catherine of SienaCatherine of Siena
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SolonSolon It is a base thing for a man among the people not to obey those in command. Never in a state can the laws be well administered when fear does not stand firm.
SophoclesSophocles Laws are not masters but servants, and he rules them who obey them.
Henry Ward BeecherHenry Ward Beecher That was a judicious mother who said, “I obey my children for the first year of their lives, but ever after I expect them to obey me.
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